61642 - Browser crashed when navigating between folders in a POP mail account for Netscape 6.0.

Status: CLOSED FIXED

(MailNews Core :: Networking: POP, defect, P1)

Description

[Shirley Liu]

In Netscape 6.0 commercial build 1116 for Sparc Solaris.
1. Launched Mail System.
2. Created a pop mail account. (server is single.eng). Browser crashed when
navigating between folders inside the account.

Comment 1

[laurel]

I don't have a problem with navigation across folders with POP account using
nov30 commercial build, linux rh6.0.

Could you provide some more details for reproducing this?  

Comment 2

[Shirley Liu]

It looks like browser crash when the first 1,2,or 3 times accessing a new folder
in POP mail account. That means if it crash then bring up the netscape and
reenter the same folder again. It might crash the second time or not. If it does
then bring up the nestacape and reenter again.

Comment 3

[Denis Antrushin]

Attachment: test pointer for NULL before using

Comment 4

[Denis Antrushin]

This is null pointer dereferencing in nsMsgMailboxParser::UpdateStatusText()
(mailnews/local/src/nsParseMailbox.cpp:234). 
We're asking for a string bundle (GetBundle() of nsLocalStringService,
but sometimes string service failed to return string bundle 
(precisely, to create it when this one doesn't exists).
But UpdateStatusText() doesn't check if GetBundle() was successeful

I don't know why mozilla failed to create string bundle - can't reproduce
this bug today (was able to do it yesterday on the SAME sources....)

Comment 5

[laurel]

This sounds like a duplicate of one which pmock-QA Assignee has... changing to pmock

Comment 6

[Dawn Endico]

jefft is no longer at netscape. reassigning to default component owner

Comment 7

[Dawn Endico]

trying again

Comment 8

[Rich Burridge]

Navin, one of our Russian engineers has provided a fix for this bug.
Can you r= it please? We are trying to do an internal release of
Netscape 6 at Sun, and this bug is a show-stopper for that release.

Thanks.

Comment 9

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

r=sspitzer

something is really bad if you didn't get the string bundle.

are you still able to reproduce this problem?

Comment 10

[Christopher Blizzard (:blizzard)]

sr=blizzard even though I have the same question.  Why can't it find the string
bundle?  That's bad.

Comment 11

[David :Bienvenu]

sr=bienvenu, looks fine.

Comment 12

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

taking from naving.  I promised rich I'd land this ASAP.

Comment 13

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

fix checked in.  sorry for the delay.

Comment 14

[Denis Antrushin]

Just looking at sources, one of possible reasons of not
getting string bundle is NOT ENOUGH MEMORY error. 

Comment 15

[Margaret Chan]

Fix has been integrated into the OEM tree.

Comment 16

[[e-mail] (gone - use [e-mail] instead)]

Shirley or drapeau, would either of you like to VERIFY this, if possible? Thanks.

Comment 17

[Shirley Liu]

Problem has been fixed and verified in Netscape6.0A.