On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 08:31:42AM -0500, Joel Diaz wrote: > > 1- I presume that icedove check if my email address is a "valid" address > > (and it is, I use it since almost 20 years at Paris Descartes > > University) in some data bases. As it seems to fail to find it, It > > reject it.... (even using "manual" configuration). > > Hello Francois, > > I believe you are asking how to bypass the automatic configuration that > Icedove attempts to perform? Like you I find this behavior despicable > and something I wanted to avoid. I found out how to make Icedove (and > Thunderbird as well) behave according to my wishes. > > To stop Icedove's auto configuration, just go into offline mode while > setting up the account. File -> Offline -> Work Offline. The other alternative, especially if you find you're setting up Icedove regularly, is to configure your mail server properly: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Thunderbird/Autoconfiguration#Configuration_server_at_ISP
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