{"id":127,"date":"2007-01-08T01:15:17","date_gmt":"2007-01-08T06:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ilias.ca\/blog\/2007\/01\/easy-gmail-and-mac-setup-on-latest-thunderbird-2-builds\/"},"modified":"2019-03-18T19:36:51","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T23:36:51","slug":"easy-gmail-and-mac-setup-on-latest-thunderbird-2-builds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ilias.ca\/blog\/2007\/01\/easy-gmail-and-mac-setup-on-latest-thunderbird-2-builds\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy Gmail and .Mac setup on latest Thunderbird 2 builds"},"content":{"rendered":"

This has the makings of a great new feature for Thunderbird, and I’d like to help get the word out for testers test it. As Scott writes<\/a>,<\/p>\n

One of the goals in Thunderbird 2 is to make account setup easier for folks using large ISPs (like google, yahoo!, etc) for e-mail. In fact ISPs can now create extensions for Thunderbird that drop in their configuration files.<\/p>\n

With the current nightly branch builds, when creating a new mail account, the account wizard now lists Gmail and .Mac (Mac OS X only) as default account types you can create. Choose one of these account types, and the next screen in the wizard asks for your username for that service.<\/p>\n

That’s the only piece of information you need to enter, Thunderbird figures the rest out!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here’s a cropped screenshot:
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The Gmail inclusion is great, but it’s the ISP extensions that I think will be the most beneficial. Imagine being a novice user, trying out Thunderbird, and instead of having to read through instructions from your ISP, just install the corresponding extension.<\/p>\n

Of course, we need installing Thunderbird add-ons to be easier. Way too many people install Thunderbird add-ons in Firefox, and wonder why it’s not showing up in Thunderbird.<\/p>\n

To test this feature use the latest Thunderbird2 builds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Oh, by the way, Happy New Year. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This has the makings of a great new feature for Thunderbird, and I’d like to help get the word out for testers test it. As Scott writes, One of the goals in Thunderbird 2 is to make account setup easier… <\/p>\n

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