Bug 239893

Summary: Wish: smtp/imap/pop resources should have a "Test Settings" feature
Product: [Applications] kmail2 Reporter: Casey Link <unnamedrambler>
Component: config dialogAssignee: kdepim bugs <pim-bugs-null>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: wishlist CC: mailinglist, montel, pancho.s
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Unlisted Binaries   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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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 ?