Gr�goire,
My argument about 80 computers is that I have to set
up email 80 times or more, it gets old after a while.
I think it would be of benefit to have email setup as
an option during setup. I also understand that it is
easy to set up a computer from the command line. In
Menudrake when you install an RPM of whatever software
the icon as well as where it should go on the Desktop
(Ie under Games, Applications, Multimedia, etc) are
kept in a File. It is a slick system for users so they
do not have to resetup their shortcut application
links when they go from Gnome, to KDE, or BlackBox,
etc. In DrakConf you could do the same thing with
email. Enter your information once (It could be one
email account or several) and the information is
applied to all the email programs you install as long
as you are using Mandrake RPMS that have a small
script to check if you have setup information in
DrakConf and to apply it or not. You still need to
know the information from your ISP, Internet account,
or mail server but it would make everything a lot
easier for a new user.
Shad
--- Gr�goire Colbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > Yesterday I sent in an idea about being able to
> set up
> > Email from DrakConf in the same manner as
> menudrake
> > sets up applications to all the different
> desktops.
> > (KDE, Gnome, BlackBox, etc)Also I thought about
> having
> > email setup a possible option during install
> similar
> > to how Windows sets everything up. I Sent this in
> > because I work with over 80 computers a day and
> know
> > that the first thing (Besides Internet) that most
> > people want set up is Email (In a corperate
> > environment). Having a script Like MenuDrake that
> sets
> > up all types of email programs as long as you
> install
> > them from rpmdrake would be ideal.
>
> I do not see the benefit of automatizing such easy
> tasks. Usually you
> have to setup your email account ONE time. It takes
> up about 10 minutes
> to set up all the applications by hand, and then it
> lasts for months. It
> is not repetitive, nor complicated. Thus, I do not
> understand your
> argument about the 80 computers. Please explain.
>
> Also, did you read my email about all the different
> email addresses that
> one single person have, depending on the context? I
> think this is a
> major problem.
>
> Gr�goire
>
>
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