130986 - when logon redirection fails, we shouldn't logout of the connection

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(MailNews Core :: Networking: IMAP, defect)

Description

[David :Bienvenu]

When an external logon redirection fails, we shouldn't log out of the
connection, since we might have been previously logged on in another part of the
client. Patch upcoming from mscott, r=bienvenu, sr=mscott.

Comment 1

[David :Bienvenu]

Attachment: proposed fix

Comment 2

[David :Bienvenu]

the problem is that when we have a logon redirector (a generic logon extension
mechanism, shocking only used by AOL webmail servers :-) ), we should not logoff
from the session when we get a redirection error from the logon server. Although
this change is in the mozilla tree, it only affects AOL-branded webmail since
they're the only ones using the logon redirector service. The reason behind this
is that different components can have different levels of security, but use the
same connection. The challenge for the higher security can fail, but that
doesn't mean we should log off the component using the lower security
connection. If we didn't log on, there's no need to log off.

Comment 3

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

Comment on attachment 74139 [details] [diff] [review]
proposed fix

a=asa (on behalf of drivers) for checkin to the 1.0 trunk

patch from http://bugscape.netscape.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3688 written by mscott,
r=beinvenu, sr=sspitzer

Comment 4

[David :Bienvenu]

fix checked in (fix by mscott, r=me, sr=sspitzer, in bugscape bug this was spun
off from)

Comment 5

[esther]

verified, see tests case for teseting this with specific type mail account in
bugscape bug.