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Bypass the "Mail Account Setup" wizard

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Abscissa
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This is a repost of a now-closed question. I'm only re-posting so that I can mark the solution from @sfhowes as "Accepted Solution" which nicely solves the issue:

Original Question:

(From: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1022384 )

How can I disable or bypass the "Mail Account Setup" wizard and just create a new account in the "Account Settings" panel? The "Mail Account Setup" wizard won't let me get that far without jumping through all its unhelpful hoops, and I don't know to disable or bypass it.

Accepted Solution at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1022384#answer-635043

The new dialog added by that add-on is trivial to bypass *and* it doesn't force an auto-config attempt before allowing manual config, so I'm very happy with it as a solution, thanks.

Relevant enhancement request: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=353838

I hope this summary will be helpful to others.

This is a repost of a now-closed question. I'm only re-posting so that I can mark the solution from @sfhowes as "Accepted Solution" which nicely solves the issue: Original Question: (From: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1022384 ) How can I disable or bypass the "Mail Account Setup" wizard and just create a new account in the "Account Settings" panel? The "Mail Account Setup" wizard won't let me get that far without jumping through all its unhelpful hoops, and I don't know to disable or bypass it. Accepted Solution at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1022384#answer-635043 The new dialog added by that add-on is trivial to bypass *and* it doesn't force an auto-config attempt before allowing manual config, so I'm very happy with it as a solution, thanks. Relevant enhancement request: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=353838 I hope this summary will be helpful to others.

Chosen solution

Reproduced post from @sfhowes at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1022384#answer-635043

Try this add-on: ADD MAIL ACCOUNT MANUALLY

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Abscissa
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Chosen Solution

Reproduced post from @sfhowes at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1022384#answer-635043

Try this add-on: ADD MAIL ACCOUNT MANUALLY

Andrew
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Thanks for posting back with the solution Abscissa. I'll lock this thread to prevent any further postings from other users that may come across this thread, as your issue has been resolved.