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= Goal =

: Be a simple, easy, and fast way for people to configure Thunderbird against their email server.

We are competing with web mail which will give you a new email address if you give them your Name, Email (desired account name), and Password.  Our goal is to be that simple and only require that information from most people.

== Secondary Goal ==

Offer a "Sport Manual" way of setting up an account with assistance by probing the host for ports and checking that a given configuration will work.  This option should be available from the beginning.

= The File/New/Mail Account Dialog =

These are the steps that the average user would go through.

== Initial View ==

* Pros
** Very simple and obvious
* Cons
** Bland and boring with a layout that feels odd

[[File:Thunderbird-Autoconfiguration-Initial View.png]]

== Auto-Configuring ==

This is after entering information.

[[File:Thunderbird-Autoconfiguration-Auto-Configurating.png]]

== Auto-Configured ==

This displays a configuration that was found and possible options between either IMAP or POP for downloading messages.

[[File:Thunderbird-Autoconfiguration-Auto-Configured.png]]

=== Alternate Versions ===

{|
| [[File:Thunderbird-Autoconfiguration-Boxless Config (imap).png|thumb]]
| [[File:Thunderbird-Autoconfiguration-Boxless Config (pop).png|thumb]]
| [[File:Thunderbird-Autoconfig-side-by-side.png|thumb]]
| [[File:Thunderbird-Autoconfig-smtp-radio-button.png|thumb]]
|}

== Sport Manual Configuration ==

If the email settings are not available and cannot be auto-detected we can default to helping people probe for the correct data.

[[File:Thunderbird-Autoconfiguration-Sport Configuring.png]]