dovecot - May 2008 - thunderbird sane config (OT)

Does anyone have any experience putting together a sane config for
Thunderbird in an automated fashion?  Automated meaning "simple to
distribute to users".

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(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 knowing what to do :-/.)

(PS: Also, giving everybody a GMail-like threaded interface per
default would be cool.)

(PPS: If anything good comes up, I plan to put this in fx the Dovecot wiki.)

On 5/7/2008, rosenfield.albert at gmail.com (rosenfield.albert at gmail.com)
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 knowing what to do :-/.)
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...

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)...

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Best regards,

Charles

Charles Marcus schrieb:
> On 5/7/2008, rosenfield.albert at gmail.com (rosenfield.albert at
gmail.com)
> 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 knowing what to do :-/.)
you can do it.
> 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!

simple way: Just change the default config TB create your account from
with the settings you need.
You can find the file under your program dir i.e.
C:\Programme\Mozilla Thunderbird\defaults\pref
Compare the defaults to your working set of setting and change them
accordingly.
You can activate TLS or CRAM-MD5 and so an.
You can also predefine LDAP servers etc.

more elaborated way:
Mozilla Mission Contol:
->
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/MCD,_Mission_Control_Desktop_AKA_AutoConfig


Hope it helps!

Hans

rosenfield.albert at gmail.com 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 XPI for installation into Thunderbird's certificate
> store, but things are definitely improving :-).
Isn't this one click at accessing the server the first time!? "Accept 
this certificate permanently"?

But if you figured out, how to add it, let me know! :)

Hans

Charles Marcus schrieb:
> On 5/7/2008, rosenfield.albert at gmail.com (rosenfield.albert at
gmail.com)
> 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 knowing what to do :-/.)
you can do it.
> 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!

simple way: Just change the default config TB create your account from
with the settings you need.
You can find the file under your program dir i.e.
C:\Programme\Mozilla Thunderbird\defaults\pref
Compare the defaults to your working set of setting and change them
accordingly.
You can activate TLS or CRAM-MD5 and so an.
You can also predefine LDAP servers etc.

more elaborated way:
Mozilla Mission Contol:
->
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/MCD,_Mission_Control_Desktop_AKA_AutoConfig


Hope it helps!

Hans