MailNews:Account Wizard

The account wizard is the step by step interface for setting up a new (email, rss, gmail, newsgroup) account. Each type of account has different sub steps but they all start from this, the main page.

Page 1

The first page gives a list of the main account option types and requires no other inputs.

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( ) Email account
( ) RSS News & Blogs
( ) GMail (@gmail.com, @googlemail.com)
( ) Newsgroup account

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Page 2

The second page of the wizard can be different depending on the options chosen. Here are the alternatives (choose your own adventure!) for the various options available.

• MailNews:Account Wizard:Email
• MailNews:Account Wizard:RSS
• MailNews:Account Wizard:GMail
• MailNews:Account Wizard:Newsgroup

On linux there is also

• MailNews:Account Wizard:Movemail

Related Links

• bug 221030 — Unable to set up IMAP over SSL using the New Account Wizard
• GMail POP for Thunderbird 2.0
• GMail IMAP for Thunderbird 2.0

Other Account Setup Systems

Here are some existing efforts to get account setup information in a different method than the manual entry from our users.

• Thunderbird:Easy Account Setup