Open Bug 162669 Opened 22 years ago Updated 8 months ago

include servername is subscribe dialog

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(MailNews Core :: Networking: NNTP, enhancement)

enhancement

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(Not tracked)

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(Reporter: bugzilla, Unassigned)

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(Whiteboard: [wontfix?])

if you click on a link like this:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.setup
and dialog saying:
"Do you want to subscribe to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.setup"

I'd like a dialog saying:
"Do you want to subscribe to the newsgroup
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.setup
from the newsserver
msnews.microsoft.com"

and if it's a snews server:
"Do you want to subscribe to the newsgroup
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.setup
from the secure newsserver
msnews.microsoft.com"

20020813
Good suggestion. Just a couple of wording changes:

"Do you want to subscribe to the newsgroup
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.setup
on the news server msnews.microsoft.com"

and

"Do you want to subscribe to the newsgroup
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.setup
on the secure news server msnews.microsoft.com"
The text change is easy but I think there's also needed some code change at:
http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/mailnews/news/src/nsNNTPProtocol.cpp#1136
Product: MailNews → Core
sorry for the spam.  making bugzilla reflect reality as I'm not working on these bugs.  filter on FOOBARCHEESE to remove these in bulk.
Assignee: sspitzer → nobody
Filter on "Nobody_NScomTLD_20080620"
QA Contact: stephend → networking.news
Product: Core → MailNews Core
Whiteboard: [good first bug]
Well in theory newsgroups aren't server specific...
Whiteboard: [good first bug] → [wontfix?]
Yes, but maybe you want to avoid some specific servers for some reason and fetch the newsgroups from others.

This should be doable easily.
Flags: needinfo?(richard.marti)
In theory newsgroups aren't server specific. But when you click on a subscribe link, you will subscribe to the server that is in the link and this one is maybe one you don't want.
Flags: needinfo?(richard.marti)
Severity: normal → S3

Still true in the nntp-js world

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