Closed Bug 11749 Opened 25 years ago Closed 25 years ago

[PP] [blocker] Mac News is broken. Can not retrieve news article.

Categories

(MailNews Core :: Backend, defect, P3)

PowerPC
Mac System 8.5
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 10797

People

(Reporter: pmock, Assigned: sspitzer)

Details

Build Date & Platform Bug Found:
  PPC commercial seamonkey build 1999-08-11-08-m9

Overview Description:
  News is broken.  News article does not download when you select the newsgroup.
The thread pane remain empty and apprunner freezes. I suspect this bug is
related to bug 10797 ([PP][blocker] Necko: Messenger hangs trying to send or
receive mail).  When you select the newsgroup name, the system freezes.  I
suspect it hangs trying retrieve recent news articles.

Steps to Reproduce:
0) Removed my previous mozilla registry and profile
1) In Communicator, I subscribed to newsgroups under news server "news" and
"news.mozilla.org".
2) Launch Appruner
   Profile wizard appears
3) Complete the wizard and enter a name for a new profile
   This should create the profile directory
4) Exit apprunner
5) Open the HD:System Folder:Netscape Users:<your nova profile>
6) Copy the Netscape Preference file and News and Mail folder to your 5.0
profile.
7) Launch Apprunner
8) Open Messenger
9) Click on the "+" icon next to the news/news.mozilla.org server name.
10) Select a newsgroup
    Application freezes

Actual Results:
 Apprunner freezes.  The thread pane remain empty. I am forced to force quit or
reboot my system.

Expected Results:
  The thread pane should be populated with news article.

Additional Builds and Platforms Tested On:
  This problem does not occur in the win32 seamonkey build 1999-08-11-08-m9

Additional Information:
  This start to occur around the same time bug 10797 was filed.   Under POP, the
application freezes when I click on the Get Msg button.
Summary: [PP] [blocker] News is broken. Can not retrieve news article. → [PP] [blocker] Mac News is broken. Can not retrieve news article.
I've updated http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11749 with this
information as well.  That other bug is assigned to the Necko team.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
the same old "blocking writes on the mac doesn't work" bug.

marking a duplicate.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 10797 ***
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Verified as a duplicate of 10797
Product: MailNews → Core
Product: Core → MailNews Core
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