C:/Program Files/Mozilla/Thunderbird/isp/.
Config files on harddisk, in installdir/isp/ emailaddressdomain.xml, e.g. (For most current information, please see. The domain if the email address is used to determine the configuration (POP/IMAP and SMTP server names, SSL yes/no, authentication methods etc.), via several mechanisms: In the Account Setup wizard, if the "Email account" radio button is selected (which is the default), 3 text fields are visible and enabled: real name, email address and password.Įmail address is properly syntax-checked. (The UI mockup above is only an example for better understanding, see UI page for more info.) Set of users per server is tiny (1-20), accumulated very small. Set of providers and server implementations is very large and diverse. Set of users per server is small, accumulated very large. Allow people to publish working configurations peer to peer via email. Shared system for community to submit, edit, and publish configurations. Don't add complexity/confusion with this. Increase the prominence of the Email account choice. Reduce overall distractions for normal case (distractions = text and clutter, things not understandable or needed by most users). Reduce the number of account wizard steps as much as possible. Set of configurations can be extended and updated. Use SSL and/or password encryption where possible, to protect passwords and mail contents during retrieval. Provide and offer preset configurations for at least all large ISPs. Require only the minimal upfront information from most people. The Account Setup Wizard consists of only one screen. Ideally, setting up Thunderbird should be as easy as download/install and entering real name, email address and password. 
make it easy for as many users as possible to get a working Thunderbird configuration, and as secure as possible. Make my non-tech friends use Thunderbird, by making it dead-simple to set up. For them, this is a real stop gap - at least sufficiently problematic to not bother. The Thunderbird account setup wizard requires knowledge of a lot of technical settings, most of which users have no clue what they mean nor where to get this information (even if it's provided readily by the ISP). ISPs, although all of them provide POP/IMAP, are leading users to webmail because of that ease of use (and free mail providers do so for the advertizing revenue). You only need to click on a link on the provider's homepage and know your email address and password, and there's your inbox already. Most people are using webmail these days, mainly because it's so easy. The most up-to-date and readable documentation is the Description for administrators and technical users at MDC.
Description for administrators and technical users. 
Security considerations, General Security review, ISP Fetch Security review.
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