Bug 239893

Summary:	Wish: smtp/imap/pop resources should have a "Test Settings" feature
Product:	[Applications] kmail2	Reporter:	Casey Link <unnamedrambler>
Component:	config dialog	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	mailinglist, montel, pancho.s
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Unlisted Binaries
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Attachments:	How the configuration dialog for prefix recognition could look like

Description Casey Link 2010-05-28 18:54:56 UTC

Version:           unspecified
OS:                Linux

Advanced auto detection and input validation would be very useful in the smtp/imap/pop config dialogs.

Ideally a user should just have to put in their user, pass, and server. Then click "Test Settings" which will:
1) perform auto detection of advanced (port, encryption, authentication) settings IF not manually set by the suer
2) do a test login with the user's credentials
3) Report back if everything went well or if not

Usability++

Reproducible: Didn't try

Comment 1 Thomas McGuire 2010-05-28 18:58:33 UTC

*** Bug 179540 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Bernd Oliver Sünderhauf 2011-12-14 13:13:30 UTC

Thunderbird does this very smoothely and even determines the servers of common ISPs when given the email address only. That's awesome and I would love to see it in KMail as well.

This usability improvement is going to take quite some work.
I would say that it has high priority, though, because (1) this is a considerable drawback compared to Thunderbird and (2) setup procedures are crucial to new users, deciding whether they stick with KMail or install Thunderbird.

Comment 3 Jonas.Bechtel 2012-09-11 23:36:55 UTC

Created attachment 73842 [details]
How the configuration dialog for prefix recognition could look like

Comment 4 Laurent Montel 2012-09-12 06:17:21 UTC

Jonas.Bechtel@web.de  ????????????????????? are you sure that it's the good bug report ?