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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    [feature request] automatic server configuration
From:       <roland.lezuo () chello ! at>
Date:       2003-07-24 21:40:22
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Hi,  
  
have you ever seen a non technical human configuring his/her email account. It is \
awfull for them, all those server names and ports and   protocolls.  
  
Well following idea: what about writing a wizard for kmail gathering all those infos \
automatically needing only the email address and a online   database which needs to \
be hosted somewhere (and thats why I'm writing here and not coding already ;)    
The user needs to type in his/her email Adress, the @domain.tld part will be sent to \
a webinterface, say   kmail.kde.org/kmailconf.php?email=@domain.tld   
The @domain.tld should be enough to figure out the pop3 / imap names of the provider. \
 The IP Adress of the client querrying should be enough to figure out the provider \
used and that gives the smtp host name.    
Well username and password still needs to be given by the user but they known this \
process better than filling in servernames.   Afterwards a automatically sent and \
fetched testmail to report success / failure.    
The main problem is the database, but I had following idea: let the users feed the \
database with working configurations! The next kmail   release could come with the \
bid to do so, popup on first start, auto-send-in via webinterface, say   \
kmail.kde.org/kmailconfin.php?email=@domain.tld&pop3=...&imap=...&smtp=...    
I think this would be a great feature to make "linux" even more "userfriendly"  
  
Problems, Cons, Pros, can the server handle this?  
  
greetings  
roland lezuo <roland.lezuo@chello.at>  

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