232452 - When starting up online, prompt to send unsent messages

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Backend, defect)

Description

[Scott MacGregor]

"E-mail messages composed off line and stored in folder 'Unsent Messages' do not
get sent when starting T-Bird on-line. When starting Netscape Messenger on-line,
you are always prompted to send messages. In T-Bird, no prompt and you realize
hours later that these eariler off-line messages are still not sent."

Comment 1

[David :Bienvenu]

changed summary - we do prompt when going back online, I believe. It's just when
you startup in online mode that we don't check.

Comment 2

[David :Bienvenu]

Attachment: mozilla fix

Comment 3

[David :Bienvenu]

Attachment: thunderbird fix

Comment 4

[David :Bienvenu]

I should be checking if we're online on startup before doing this...I'll fix it
in my tree.

Comment 5

[David :Bienvenu]

fixed on trunk and branch.

Comment 6

[Scott MacGregor]

Some feedback: 

"Even with no unsent messages in local folders, I still get prompted asking if I
want to send unsent messages."

Also, if you hit get new mail while you are offline, we go back online and we
don't ask about sending unsent messages in this case. We do ask if you went
online via the File / Go Online menu item. 

Comment 7

[David :Bienvenu]

Attachment: tbird fix to make get new mail while offline offer to send unsent messages

Comment 8

[David :Bienvenu]

*** Bug 234228 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 9

[David :Bienvenu]

fixed on trunk for both thunderbird and seamonkey

Comment 10

[[e-mail]]

Anyone noticed that the startup send unsent message prompt always appears at the
top left of the screen, before the main 3 pane window is visible?

Also there are a few dups that need to be closed, e.g. bug 115204.

Comment 11

[[e-mail]]

Oh, and you don't want open folder in new window to trigger this, do you?

Comment 12

[[e-mail]]

Attachment: Supplementary patch to delay the prompt until the main window is visible

By moving the code to the end of loadStartFolder which is called on a timeout
we can be sure that the main window is visible and ready to accept a prompt.

Comment 13

[David :Bienvenu]

Comment on attachment 143005 [details] [diff] [review]
Supplementary patch to delay the prompt until the main window is visible

thx, Neil.

Comment 14

[David :Bienvenu]

*** Bug 115024 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 15

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

*** Bug 224671 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 16

[Jim Wagner]

I'm seeing this issue exactly as described in comment #1 in Thunderbird 1.5 RC1 (20051025).  The only way I've found to send the Unsent messages after starting TB is to switch to offline, then go online again.  Would someone please reopen this bug?

Comment 17

[Jim Wagner]

Never mind.  This appears to be fixed in RC2 (20051201).

Comment 18

[John David Galt]

This "fix" is a bad thing because the appearance (or not) of this pop-up is supposed to be determined by user_pref("offline.send.unsent_messages", x);
Please vote for bug 274280 to fix the fix.