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<div class="" id="magicdomid2"><span
class="author-g-10qwfc5x4ba2ns1a">In</span><span
class="author-g-fp2xkcspz122zccid7qs"> a survey last year, </span><span
class="author-g-10qwfc5x4ba2ns1a">we</span><span
class="author-g-fp2xkcspz122zccid7qs"> found that</span><span
class=""> 60% of respondents expect</span><span
class="author-g-10qwfc5x4ba2ns1a">ed</span><span class="">
Thunderbird to provide an email account. </span><span
class="author-g-fp2xkcspz122zccid7qs">In response,</span><span
class=""> we </span><span class="author-g-10qwfc5x4ba2ns1a">have</span><span
class=""> designed </span><span
class="author-g-bternz122zvbjygly77v">a </span><span class="">feature
that </span><span class="author-g-bternz122zvbjygly77v">make</span><span
class="author-g-10qwfc5x4ba2ns1a">s</span><span
class="author-g-bternz122zvbjygly77v"> </span><span
class="author-g-10qwfc5x4ba2ns1a">it easy to create </span><span
class="">a personalized email address from</span><span
class="author-g-10qwfc5x4ba2ns1a"> within</span><span class="">
Thunderbird. In a few clicks, </span><span
class="author-g-fp2xkcspz122zccid7qs">a </span><span class="">user
c</span><span class="author-g-fp2xkcspz122zccid7qs">an</span><span
class=""> end up with <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:kirk@enterprise.com">kirk@enterprise.com</a></span><span
class="author-g-fp2xkcspz122zccid7qs"> as an address,</span><span
class=""> for example.</span><span
class="author-g-fp2xkcspz122zccid7qs"> </span><span class="">That
</span><span class="author-g-bternz122zvbjygly77v">c</span><span
class="">ould of course also apply to your family, company or
organization... ;-)</span><span
class="author-g-bternz122zvbjygly77v"> (</span><span
class="author-g-bternz122zvbjygly77v url"><a
href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Features/Thunderbird/Account_Provisioning%29">https://wiki.mozilla.org/Features/Thunderbird/Account_Provisioning)</a></span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid3"><br>
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<div class="" id="magicdomid4"><span class="">Since Mozilla does not
offer email service, we have worked with international service
providers to streamline the process and allow</span><span
class="author-g-fp2xkcspz122zccid7qs">:</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid5"><br>
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<div class="" id="magicdomid6"><span class="">1) </span><span
class="author-g-fp2xkcspz122zccid7qs">Suggestions for </span><span
class="">personalized email address</span><span
class="author-g-fp2xkcspz122zccid7qs">e</span><span class="">s</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid7"><span class="">2) </span><span
class="author-g-fp2xkcspz122zccid7qs">A</span><span class="">ccount
auto</span><span class="author-g-fp2xkcspz122zccid7qs">-</span><span
class="">configuration once the user has subscribed to the email
account. </span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid8"><br>
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<div class="" id="magicdomid9"><span class="">The </span><span
class="author-g-fp2xkcspz122zccid7qs">next version of </span><span
class="">Thunderbird, </span><span
class="author-g-fp2xkcspz122zccid7qs">to be </span><span
class="">released on June 5th, will feature two service
providers</span><span class="author-g-fp2xkcspz122zccid7qs">;</span><span
class=""> Gandi (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.gandi.net">www.gandi.net</a>) and Hover (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.hover.com">www.hover.com</a>). They
will be respectively the default providers for Europe and North
America, as launch partners. They both offer paid email
service. </span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid10"><br>
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<div class="" id="magicdomid11"><span class="">In the future, we
plan on adding more providers in more geographies</span><span
class="author-g-fp2xkcspz122zccid7qs"> in order to be</span><span
class=""> able to offer the signup process in th</span><span
class="author-g-bternz122zvbjygly77v">e</span><span
class="author-g-fp2xkcspz122zccid7qs"> user's</span><span
class=""> language.</span><span
class="author-g-bternz122zvbjygly77v"> </span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid12"><br>
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<div class="" id="magicdomid13"><span class="">We </span><span
class="author-g-fp2xkcspz122zccid7qs">would also </span><span
class="">like to add free email service providers</span><span
class="author-g-fp2xkcspz122zccid7qs">. We are already in talks</span><span
class=""> with some of them, </span><span
class="author-g-fp2xkcspz122zccid7qs">and are ironing out the
details to ensure a</span><span class=""> proper level of
quality of service</span><span
class="author-g-fp2xkcspz122zccid7qs"> </span><span class="">privacy</span><span
class="author-g-i5laisz122zz122zfyqjuapu"> policies</span><span
class="">.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid14"><br>
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<div class="" id="magicdomid15"><span
class="author-g-bternz122zvbjygly77v">On the technical side, a</span><span
class="author-g-fp2xkcspz122zccid7qs"> set of guidelines</span><span
class="author-g-bternz122zvbjygly77v"> (</span><span
class="author-g-fp2xkcspz122zccid7qs"> </span><span
class="author-g-bternz122zvbjygly77v url"><a
href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird/AccountProvisioner">https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird/AccountProvisioner</a></span><span
class="author-g-fp2xkcspz122zccid7qs"> </span><span
class="author-g-bternz122zvbjygly77v">) is available and should
facilitate the quick integration of additional service
providers.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid16"><br>
</div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid17"><span class="">This</span><span
class="author-g-bternz122zvbjygly77v"> </span><span class="">thread
is specifically to inform a broader set of community members. We
believe the feature aligns with our Privacy Principles (</span><span
class=" url"><a
href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Privacy#Mozilla.27s_Privacy_Principles%29">https://wiki.mozilla.org/Privacy#Mozilla.27s_Privacy_Principles)</a></span><span
class="">, matches user expectations, and moves the
Mozilla Mission forward.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid18"><span class=""> </span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid19"><span class=""> </span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid20"><span class="">You can try the
feature out with Thunderbird Beta builds, available at: </span><span
class=" url"><a
href="http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/channel">http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/channel</a></span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid21"><span class=""> </span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid22"><br>
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<div class="" id="magicdomid24"><span class=""> </span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid25"><span class=""> </span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid26"><span class="">FAQs:</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid27"><span class=""> </span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid28"><span class=""> </span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid29"><span class="">Q: Does Mozilla have
any server-side data about which users have picked what
provider?</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid30"><span class=""> </span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid31"><span class="">A: No.</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid32"><span class=""> </span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid33"><br>
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<div class="" id="magicdomid34"><span class=""> </span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid35"><span class="">Q: What </span><span
class="author-g-bternz122zvbjygly77v">email service providers </span><span
class="">are currently supported?</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid36"><span class=""> </span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid37"><span class="">A: Right now, we're
supporting </span><span class="author-g-bternz122zvbjygly77v">Hover
and Gandi. We plan on adding many more in the future, in many
different geographies, both paid and free. </span></div>
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<div class="" id="magicdomid39"><br>
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<div class="" id="magicdomid40"><span class="">Q: Can you support
service provider X or protocol Y?</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid41"><span class=""> </span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid42"><span class="">A: </span><span
class="author-g-bternz122zvbjygly77v">Any email provider can
potentially participate to this feature provided that it
implements the Thunderbird account provisioning API and supports
the IMAP protocol. </span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid43"><span
class="author-g-bternz122zvbjygly77v">We also require that a
legal agreement is entered between Mozilla and this partner, to
ensure in particular that the service is provided in a way that
is aligned with Mozilla's principles. </span><span class=""> </span></div>
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<div class="" id="magicdomid45"><br>
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<div class="" id="magicdomid46"><span
class="author-g-fp2xkcspz122zccid7qs">Q: I already have an email
address and don't want a new one. Can I still use Thunderbird
the same way?</span></div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid47"><br>
</div>
<div class="" id="magicdomid48"><span
class="author-g-fp2xkcspz122zccid7qs">A: The feature is opt-in,
and you can still connect to your existing email accounts as you
always have.</span></div>
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