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The account wizard is the step by step interface for setting up a new (email, rss, gmail, newsgroup) account.  Each type of account has different sub steps but they all start from this, the main page.
The account wizard is the step by step interface for setting up a new (email, rss, gmail, newsgroup) account.  Each type of account has different sub steps but they all start from this, the main page.


== Page 1 ==
== Page 1 ==
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/explanatory text/
/explanatory text/


[ ] Email account
( ) Email account
[ ] RSS News & Blogs
( ) RSS News & Blogs
[ ] GMail (@gmail.com, @googlemail.com)
( ) GMail (@gmail.com, @googlemail.com)
[ ] Newsgroup account
( ) Newsgroup account


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* [[MailNews:Account Wizard:GMail]]
* [[MailNews:Account Wizard:GMail]]
* [[MailNews:Account Wizard:Newsgroup]]
* [[MailNews:Account Wizard:Newsgroup]]
On linux there is also
* [[MailNews:Account Wizard:Movemail]]
== Related Links ==
* {{bug|221030}} &mdash; ''Unable to set up IMAP over SSL using the New Account Wizard''
* [http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=86399 GMail POP for Thunderbird 2.0]
* [http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=77662 GMail IMAP for Thunderbird 2.0]
== Other Account Setup Systems ==
Here are some existing efforts to get account setup information in a different method than the manual entry from our users.
* [[Thunderbird:Easy Account Setup]]

Latest revision as of 23:41, 17 July 2008

The account wizard is the step by step interface for setting up a new (email, rss, gmail, newsgroup) account. Each type of account has different sub steps but they all start from this, the main page.

Page 1

The first page gives a list of the main account option types and requires no other inputs.

/explanatory text/

( ) Email account
( ) RSS News & Blogs
( ) GMail (@gmail.com, @googlemail.com)
( ) Newsgroup account

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Page 2

The second page of the wizard can be different depending on the options chosen. Here are the alternatives (choose your own adventure!) for the various options available.

On linux there is also

Related Links

Other Account Setup Systems

Here are some existing efforts to get account setup information in a different method than the manual entry from our users.