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:mailbox_with_mail: YAM (short for 'Yet Another Mailer') is a MIME-compliant open-source Internet email client written for Amiga-based computer systems (AmigaOS4, AmigaOS3, MorphOS, AROS). It supports POP3, SMTP, TLSv1/SSLv3 connection security, multiple users, multiple identities, PGPv2/v5 encryption, unlimited hierarchical folders, an ARexx interface, etc...
https://yam.ch
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Implement an account setup wizard #567

Open tboeckel opened 8 years ago

tboeckel commented 8 years ago

Originally on 2014-06-02 08:48:50 +0200

Phenomenon

It has been mentioned quite often that setting up a new account in YAM is too complicated due to its amount of adjustable options.

Background analysis

Mail clients on other systems offer a setup wizard where you just have to enter your name, email address and password and the mail client will obtain all the other settings (i.e. POP3 and SMTP server name, port number, security settings, etc) automatically so that the (possibly unexperienced) user has to care about as less stuff as possible.

Implementation recommendation

Implement a setup wizard similar to the one of Thunderbird. The "beginners" mode just requires the basic things like name, address and password. A possible "advanced" mode then offers editing some more details like server address, port number, etc just like the normal config window does.

tboeckel commented 8 years ago

Originally on 2014-06-02 08:54:45 +0200

Details about Thunderbird's setup wizard can be found here: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Autoconfiguration