103869 - mailto: URL always chooses the default account, instead of correct identity

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Account Configuration, defect, P2)

Description

[Ninoschka Baca]

Branch build 2001-10-08-05: WinMe
Branch build 2001-10-09-04: Linux RH 7.1
Branch build 2001-10-09-03: Mac 9.1

As reported by Bob Lord and mentioned in bug # 79053.

Overview: "I found another case where a mail compose window does not correctly
inherit the mail account selected in the mail window.  The case is in mailto:
links."

Steps to reproduce:  
1. Open a profile with multiple Mail accounts (i.e. Home account, Work account)
2. Select the Work account
3. Change focus to a window with a mailto: URL (like this bug :-) )

Actual Results: The new message/compose window has the Home account's email
address in the From field.

Expected Results: It should have the Work account in the From field.

Comment 1

[scottputterman]

reassigning to varada.

Comment 2

[Jonas Jørgensen]

Bug 123244 seems to be the opposite of this one, except for that 123244 is about
pressing Ctrl+M while this one is about clicking a mailto: link. I guess one of
them has to be WONTFIXed, but which one?

Comment 3

[gekacheka]

Defaulting "From:" to a different email account is particularly surprising when
the mailto "link" is an email address in a MESSAGE, either in the headers pane
of the message or in the body of the message.  At least when the link is from a
message being viewed in MailNews, it should use the current selected account as
the "From:".

To Reproduce:  
1. Select a non-default email account in MailNews
2. View an email message
3. Click on an email address in the message (headers or body) to compose new mail

Expected Result:  Compose window From: field defaults to *current* account

Actual result:    Compose window From: field defaults to *default* account

(Build 2002020406 0.9.8 on w2k)

Comment 4

[timeless]

*** Bug 126388 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5

[Ninoschka Baca]

Marking nsbeta1. After selecting a message and selecting a mailto link from the
header or body of the message, the "From" field should use the currently
selected account to determine the "From" field instead of the default account.

Comment 6

[Jonas Jørgensen]

See also bug 99363.

Comment 7

[laurel]

*** Bug 176834 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8

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

taking all of varada's bugs.

Comment 9

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

this might turn into a wontfix.

see bug #99363

Comment 10

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

marking invalid.  this is the desired behavior.

#79053 has been backed out.  see #99363.

Comment 11

[Ninoschka Baca]

Verified Invalid.

Comment 12

[Stefan Borggraefe]

*** Bug 210136 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 13

[lohphat]

Why no explanation of why this is the "desired behavior" vs. an RFE?