167987 - Default account needed for news and mail accounts each?

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Account Configuration, defect)

Description

[Ralf Hauser]

Build 2002091014

As said (http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153300), I am a roaming
user therefore, I am forced to have multiple smtp outgoing mail accounts and
newsfeeds.

When I open the "Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings", it appears that only
newsgroup accounts can be set as default.
Therefore, my questions are:
1) Shouldn't the button be renamed from "Set as Default" to "Set as Default
Newsgroup Account". After all there is a separate Mail Account - Advanced button
for SMTP default settings
2) As mentioned for a roaming user, it would be very convenient to able to tie
the two, i.e. the SMTP and Newsfeed default
3) Also, as reported in http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162453,
since I am now forced to choose a start-up profile, couldn't this be used for
this purpose - I do not see a list saying: for each account whether it is
default for one profile and not for another?

Comment 1

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

mass re-assign.

Comment 2

[Stefan Borggraefe]

> When I open the "Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings", it appears that only
> newsgroup accounts can be set as default.

Newsgroup accounts can't be the default account (canBeDefaultServer for
NNTP-servers returns false). The button "Set As Default" isn't disabled for such
accounts, which is a bug.

> 1) Shouldn't the button be renamed from "Set as Default" to "Set as Default
> Newsgroup Account". After all there is a separate Mail Account - Advanced
> button for SMTP default settings

No, see above.

> 2) As mentioned for a roaming user, it would be very convenient to able to tie
> the two, i.e. the SMTP and Newsfeed default

This can be done with Server Settings|Advanced in "Mail & Newsgroups Account
Settings".

> 3) Also, as reported in http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162453,
> since I am now forced to choose a start-up profile, couldn't this be used for
> this purpose - I do not see a list saying: for each account whether it is
> default for one profile and not for another?

This would be an enhancement request for product Browser, component Profile
Manager FrontEnd.

Marking INVALID, since issue 1 is INVALID, issue 2 is WFM and issue 3 doesn't
belong here and should better be filed as a clean report for the right
component, if this functionality is still desired.

Please report only one issue per bugzilla entry.