[NTLUG:Discuss] Mozilla Mail

[Steve]

Peter A. Koren wrote:
> What is the dirty little secret to get Mozilla Mail working. I just
> installed Mozilla 1.0 on a Mandrake 8.0 system. I was logged on in root
> and installed the .tar.gz file from Mozilla. Mozilla auto launched and
> the mail icon was shown and some mail dialogs were available under
> Edit->Preferences. Note that I found no place to enter the in or out
> mail servers.
> 
> But when I launch Mozilla as a user, that is not as part of the install
> process, I do not get any way to access mail. There is no mail icon nor
> are there any mail or news related dialog boxes available under
> Edit->Preferences.


That's odd. As soon as you hit the little mail icon in the lower left or 
   select mail from the Window dropdown menu in the taskbar, an email 
wizard should appear.

Mozilla's mail preferences are more complicated than they should be. For 
instance, to change preferences for individual mail users and add stuff 
like your SMTP server, you have to be in the Mail app AND select the 
Mail & Newsgroups setting from the Edit menu. This particular mail 
preferences set is separate from a different set of Mail & Newsgroups 
options that can be found via the Preferences option in the Edit menu 
(which is where it sounds like you were looking). Some really bad UI 
design on Mozilla's part.

Steve