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List:       tails-dev
Subject:    [Tails-dev] email client configuration [Was: Training Journalists in Istanbul]
From:       runa () torproject ! org (Runa A !  Sandvik)
Date:       2013-02-25 18:47:26
Message-ID: CAMtFrUHx9QxfULu+G9mUnO9-Rjy1Oq6iwDU7RVYjOeeDBX1Asg () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 5:04 PM, intrigeri <intrigeri at boum.org> wrote:
> Hi,

Hi,

> Runa A. Sandvik wrote (04 Feb 2013 15:12:51 GMT) :
>> - One user tried the email client, skipped the part where you set up
>> the mail servers, and tried to write an email.
>
> I believe that the Icedove (rebranded Thunderbird) account creation
> assistant will improve this a lot; we're working on the migration:
> https://tails.boum.org/todo/Return_of_Icedove__63__/

Looks good.

>> I wonder if there is a way to improve this, as most users expect the
>> mail client to work just like the one they are used to in their
>> normal operating system.
>
> I'm not sure I follow. These users, or someone else, had to configure
> "the [email client] they are used to in their normal operating system"
> at some point to use a relay host, if they wanted it to be able to
> send email in a way that's accepted by most MX out there, right?

Right, but non-technical users probably had someone else configure
email for them and expect it to work the same way.

> The way one does it in Tails is not that different: one enables
> persistence for the email client, sets their email accounts up, and is
> done with it. I'm not sure how we could make this easier.

The Icedove account creation assistant sounds promising. I'm not sure
what we can do to make the process easier, though.

-- 
Runa A. Sandvik

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