thunderbird
Multiple account with same email
Checklist
- [x] I have used the search function to see if someone else has already submitted the same bug report.
- [x] I will describe the problem with as much detail as possible.
App
Thunderbird for Android
App version
12.0-SNAPSHOT
Where did you get the app from?
Other
Android version
12
Device model
Infinix NOTE 12 2023
Steps to reproduce
- Open the app(you must have one account already).
- Click Hamburger icon on side menu and open Drawer.
- From the drawer click on setting gear icon and navigate to Settings.
- Under account section click on "Add account".
- use the same email address of the pre-existing account.
- Continue and complete the flow.
- After new account is added and you're on the main screen, follow Step1 to Step3 and you will navigate to Settings screen.
- Notice you have 2 account with same email.
Expected behavior
You should not be able to add another account with the same email address.
Actual behavior
You are able to add another account with the same email address.
A warning is fine imho. But atleast for migrating accounts this feature is rather handy. And yes, should be done otherwise, but I have seen people doing that, esp. with the desktop client.
A warning is fine imho. But atleast for migrating accounts this feature is rather handy. And yes, should be done otherwise, but I have seen people doing that, esp. with the desktop client.
@kaystrobach thank you for your input. I don’t know the exact use-case when it’s handy for migrating accounts. But otherwise it's confusing. I checked with gmail and yahoo. Neither allows this. Gmail stops you from adding same account again. In-case of Yahoo they let you proceed with the flow but you eventually end up with no additional inbox.
@kewisch please let me know if you have any suggestion for this.
This is no bug but a perfect feature as long as #1117 is still open. It is suggested there as workaround.
If you want to use multiple identities with different SMTP settings with the same account, you can simply
- create the account multiple times,
- define a distinct standard-identity for outgoing mails in each of the accounts,
- (optional) deactivate synchronization of ingoing mails (IMAP) for all accounts except of one to save traffic.
Why should you want to do this?
- As described in #1117, people are having multiple SMTP configurations (identities), which they want to use in the same mail account.
- It is desirable to automatically save sent mails from different identities with their own SMTP configuration to the "sent"-folder of one identical IMAP configuration. This is achieved by the steps described above.
Hence, please don't remove the ability to create multiple accounts with same IMAP configuration as long as #1117 is open.
