Re: [Dovecot] thunderbird sane config (OT)

2008-07-14 Thread Moser
Charles Marcus schrieb: On 5/7/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: (Background: I'm currently experiencing that Thunderbird does not work against Postfix/Dovecot because the wizard interface for setting up an account does not accept TLS-only servers. Users just sit there with a b

Re: [Dovecot] thunderbird sane config (OT)

2008-05-15 Thread rosenfield . albert
Moser wrote: > Isn't this one click at accessing the server the first time!? > "Accept this certificate permanently"? I think the certificate needs to be constructed in a certain way (include some CA parts? be signed with itself? not sure) before you can do this. I haven't made it work yet :-/.

Re: [Dovecot] thunderbird sane config (OT)

2008-05-09 Thread Moser
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: The simplest approach in my situation seems to be the XPI one, where users can install an XPI into Thunderbird and get a template that requires only entering username and password. Haven't figured how to put the CA certificate that Dovecot uses for SSL IMAP into the X

Re: [Dovecot] thunderbird sane config (OT)

2008-05-08 Thread Charles Marcus
It would be nice if you had the ability to access the Advanced Options when setting up a new account in TBird, but currently you don't... Not true! Sorry, yes, true - I was speaking in terms of an unmodified TBird installation, where the user uses the normal, unmodified 'New Account Wizard

Re: [Dovecot] thunderbird sane config (OT)

2008-05-08 Thread rosenfield . albert
Thanks for all the responses. The simplest approach in my situation seems to be the XPI one, where users can install an XPI into Thunderbird and get a template that requires only entering username and password. Haven't figured how to put the CA certificate that Dovecot uses for SSL IMAP into the

Re: [Dovecot] thunderbird sane config (OT)

2008-05-07 Thread Steffen Kaiser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 7 May 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I had in mind was more like: 1. I install Thunderbird. 2. I create an account named . 3. I modify TLS and other settings to work better. 4. I click magic button. 5. Thunderbird creates a new thunderb

Re: [Dovecot] thunderbird sane config (OT)

2008-05-07 Thread Moser
Charles Marcus schrieb: On 5/7/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: (Background: I'm currently experiencing that Thunderbird does not work against Postfix/Dovecot because the wizard interface for setting up an account does not accept TLS-only servers. Users just sit there with a b

Re: [Dovecot] thunderbird sane config (OT)

2008-05-07 Thread Leeman Strout
Charles Marcus wrote: On 5/7/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: What I had in mind was more like: 6. User downloads and runs thunderbird_mycfg.exe, which installs Thunderbird, asks the user his/her account name and applies the configuration from step (3), and everything magically

Re: [Dovecot] thunderbird sane config (OT)

2008-05-07 Thread mouss
Charles Marcus wrote: On 5/7/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: What I had in mind was more like: 1. I install Thunderbird. 2. I create an account named . 3. I modify TLS and other settings to work better. 4. I click magic button. 5. Thunderbird creates a new thunderbird_mycfg.ex

Re: [Dovecot] thunderbird sane config (OT)

2008-05-07 Thread Charles Marcus
On 5/7/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: What I had in mind was more like: 1. I install Thunderbird. 2. I create an account named . 3. I modify TLS and other settings to work better. 4. I click magic button. 5. Thunderbird creates a new thunderbird_mycfg.exe. 6. User downloads an

Re: [Dovecot] thunderbird sane config (OT)

2008-05-07 Thread rosenfield . albert
Charles Marcus wrote: > So, you'll have to write up simple instructions for new users on how to set > up their new accounts... > > I have something for this if you'd like a copy (request privately)... Thanks, but that was kind of the step I was trying to avoid ;).. What I had in mind was more l

Re: [Dovecot] thunderbird sane config (OT)

2008-05-07 Thread Charles Marcus
On 5/7/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: (Background: I'm currently experiencing that Thunderbird does not work against Postfix/Dovecot because the wizard interface for setting up an account does not accept TLS-only servers. Users just sit there with a broken Thunderbird, not kn