thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android

Improve "import settings" workflow

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status: needs design type: enhancement
Dominant language
Kotlin
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Description

When importing account settings we don't want to end up with non-working accounts.

So we should…

  • force the user to provide the incoming/outgoing server password(s),
  • test the server settings to make sure we can connect to the incoming and outgoing servers.

For this we probably want to change the import settings UI.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by tracing the import settings UI described in the issue. Determine how imported incoming and outgoing server settings currently flow, then define completion as requiring both server passwords and successfully testing connections to both servers before accounts are created.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
android, kotlin
Domain
mobile, networking
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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