106916 - Account manager should allow multiple accounts with same username, same hostname, different port

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 41929

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Account Configuration, enhancement)

Description

[Gary Coady]

I'm using ssh tunneling to allow secure access to multiple IMAP accounts. The
account manager duplicate checking code doesn't check for the accounts being on
the same machine, same username, but on different ports.

Possibly related to bug 65715 but that seems to mainly deal with the CCK impact?

Comment 1

[R.K.Aa.]

Related: bug 101915

Comment 2

[Ninoschka Baca]

Appears to be a duplicate of bug# 101915

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 101915 ***

Comment 3

[Ninoschka Baca]

Verified Duplicate.

Comment 4

[Gary Coady]

I disagree that this is a duplicate of bug 101915.
That bug refers to a technical issue with downloading mail through an SSH
connection.

I meant this bug to describe the requirement for the Mail & Newsgroups account
settings to allow mail accounts with the same user name and server name, but on
a different port.

In the account wizard, the error comes up:
"A mail or newsgroup account with the same user name and server name already
exists. Click Back and enter a different server name, or click Cancel."

If I change the hostname temporarily, and then try to change the settings in the
account settings dialog, the error is:
"An account with that user name and server name already exists. Please enter a
different user name and/or server name."

The mention of SSH was just a rationale for why one might need multiple
connections to a specific host (in this case, localhost): if all IMAP
connections used tunnelled SSH connections to localhost.

And I've searched through all "Account Manager" bugs, bug 65715 is still the
only one that seems close to this in requirement.

severity -> enhancement (if I have permissions to do that)
Leaving decision on reopening to somebody else though :-)

Comment 5

[Gary Coady]

Reopening to put bug back on somebody's radar for re-evaluation.

Perhaps it is a dupe, but I haven't found one yet (I looked through every open
bug in Mail and News recently), and it's certainly not a dupe of bug 101915.

Comment 6

[Boris 'pi' Piwinger]

Bug 41929 is about more than one IMAP account on one host. Would that bug solve
your problem?

pi

Comment 7

[Gary Coady]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 41929 ***

Comment 8

[Boris 'pi' Piwinger]

Reporter agrees:-))

pi