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Mail Infobox information presentation enhancement. And add POP details. #1417

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plutocrat opened this issue Nov 23, 2020 · 1 comment · Fixed by #2819
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Mail Infobox information presentation enhancement. And add POP details. #1417

plutocrat opened this issue Nov 23, 2020 · 1 comment · Fixed by #2819
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In a few words, please describe the issue that you're experiencing:

When adding or editing a mail account, relevant connection settings are displayed in a box to one side. However the layout of the information is confusing, repeats details unnecessarily, and misses out POP completely.

Current layout.

This is what is displayed currently the user is required to click on one of the four headings to display information, most of which is repeated.

USE DOMAIN NAME
Username: user1@example.com
Password:
IMAP Hostname: example.com
IMAP Port: 143
IMAP Security: No encryption
IMAP Authentication Method: Normal Password
SMTP Hostname: example.com
SMTP Port: 25
SMTP Security: No encryption
SMTP Authentication Method: Normal Password
Webmail Alias: http://webmail.example.com

USE STARTTLS:
Username: user1@example.com
Password:
IMAP Hostname: example.com
IMAP Port: 143
IMAP Security: STARTTLS
IMAP Authentication Method: Normal Password
SMTP Hostname: example.com
SMTP Port: 587
SMTP Security: STARTTLS
SMTP Authentication Method: Normal Password

USE SSL/TLS:
Username: user1@example.com
Password:
IMAP Hostname: example.com
IMAP Port: 993
IMAP Security: SSL / TLS
IMAP Authentication Method: Normal Password
SMTP Hostname: example.com
SMTP Port: 465
SMTP Security: SSL / TLS
SMTP Authentication Method: Normal Password
Webmail Alias: http://webmail.example.com

NO ENCRYPTION:
Username: user1@example.com
Password:
IMAP Hostname: example.com
IMAP Port: 143
IMAP Security: No encryption
IMAP Authentication Method: Normal Password
SMTP Hostname: example.com
SMTP Port: 25
SMTP Security: No encryption
SMTP Authentication Method: Normal Password
Webmail Alias: http://webmail.example.com

Suggested improvement:

Have all the information displayed as one single block, suitable for copying and pasting into an email. The information could be condensed into the following.

COMMON ACCOUNT SETTINGS
Username: user1@example.com
Password: xxxxxxx
Webmail Alias: https://webmail.example.com
Hostname(s): mail.example.com example.com

IMAP SETTINGS:
Authentication: Normal Password
Port 993: SSL / TLS
Port 143: STARTTLS
Port 143: No encryption

POP3 SETTINGS:
Authentication: Normal Password
Port 995: SSL / TLS
Port 110: STARTTLS
Port 110: No encryption

SMTP SETTINGS:
Authentication: Normal Password
Port 465: SSL / TLS
Port 587: STARTTLS
Port 25: No encryption

(options above are presented in decreasing order of security)

@ghost ghost added enhancement Enhancement to existing functionality interface Issues related to the interface and backend admin labels Nov 25, 2020
@ghost ghost self-assigned this Nov 25, 2020
@ghost ghost added the mail Issues related to mail components label Nov 25, 2020
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jlguerrerosanz commented Jan 21, 2021

And maybe a link to a hestia docs section with detailed instructions on how to configure the server for the most important clients:

  • Outlook
  • Thunderbird
  • Android
  • iOS
  • ...

I can make those step by step guides if you want to put them.

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