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<displayShortName>GMail</displayShortName> | <displayShortName>GMail</displayShortName> | ||
<inputfields> | <inputfields> <!-- see description --> | ||
<inputfield key="USERNAME" label="Screen name"></field> | <inputfield key="USERNAME" label="Screen name"></field> | ||
<inputfield key="GRANDMA" label="Grandma">Elise Bauer</field> | <inputfield key="GRANDMA" label="Grandma">Elise Bauer</field> | ||
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For some ISPs, the IMPA/POP/SMTP username (and maybe other fields) has no relation to the email address and has to be entered separately. E.g. Email address is ben.bucksch@wong.com (chosen by user), but username is G675476 (provided by ISP). | For some ISPs, the IMPA/POP/SMTP username (and maybe other fields) has no relation to the email address and has to be entered separately. E.g. Email address is ben.bucksch@wong.com (chosen by user), but username is G675476 (provided by ISP). | ||
In this case, an <inputfield> can be added for the username. It will let the client show a textfield to the user | In this case, an <inputfield> can be added for the username. It will let the client show a textfield to the user. The user-visible label is the one provided in the <inputfield label=""> attribute, to allow the ISP to use custom terminology for "username". The label is not localizable, that would be too complicated and most ISPs are local anyways. | ||
The text that the user entered is written into a placeholder %key%, where key is the content of the <inputfield key=""> attribute. The placeholder can then be used in other settings, specifically the IMAP/POP and SMTP username. | |||
For example, a config file entry | For example, a config file entry | ||