Steps how to reproduce with DE SeaMonkey 2.35(γ) (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:38.0 nightly by Adrian Kalla) Gecko/20100101 Build 20150616034436 (Classic Theme) on German WIN7 64bit: 0. Launch Seamonkey / E-mail client 1. Menu 'Edit → Mail & Newsgroups account settings → [Add Account]' Expected: "Select Type of Account: POP - IMAP . News?" dialog appears with radio buttons for selection Actual: next dialog "Your Name / Your e-mail address" immediately appears Additional information: a) I think that problem appeared after I had activated a Master Password in menu 'Edit → data protection and security → Master password' b) I did a test with an other User Profile b1) Tried to add a new news account until step 1: everything as expected b2) Activated master password → tried to add a new news account until step 1: everything as expected b3) closed → relaunched SeaMonkey → tried to add a new news account until step 1: can not add account, account type selector does not appear, impossible to add account c) *be* *cautious*: Due to Help it is impossible to get rid of master password without loosing all your passwords d) more investigation required, I can't tell whether that is an old problem. e) I found this during my tests for "Bug 724296 - Prompt for Master Password when seemingly not required" @Rufus: Can you confirm this problem?

Are you running into, Bug 521861 - After creating news account through clicking news URL Account Wizard is broken (skips account type selection, bound to invalid news account) ?

That looks similar, but my problem definitively did not appear in 2009. I will do some tests later.

go to about:config Search for "invalid" in preferences that start with "mailnews"

(In reply to Philip Chee from comment #3) why? There are no entries

Probably DUP of "Bug 521861 - After creating news account through clicking news URL Account Wizard is broken (skips account type selection, bound to invalid news account)"