153971 - Account wizard doesn't accept POP3/IMAP server name with underscore

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 89945

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Account Configuration, defect)

Description

[Hans Schleichert]

The account wizard, when invoked to create a new email account under an existing
profile, won't accept incoming mail server names which contain an underscore.
Whenever I try it, a dialog pops up "please enter a valid hostname". However
there may be more wrong since I also observed it reject names like
"mail.imcon.de" (that server does exist) but couldn't reproduce this effect on
my home computer. What, then, is a "valid hostname"? This is mozilla 1.1alpha
2002-06-11-04 but was also observed under 1.0.

Comment 1

[Hans Schleichert]

I can now be a bit more specific as to the case when no host names at all are
accepted. This is the case under Win2000 but not under NT, with otherwise
identical circumstances. I imported a Netscape 4.76 profile into a brand new
mozilla installation (build 2002-06-14-1104) and tried to add a second POP mail
account, and every attempt to enter a mail server name was rejected. When
editing a mail server name for the existing account, I could enter whatever I
liked (I didn't try garbage but some meaningful names), and it worked.
The bug was first observed by a colleague so it is not specific to my way of
setting up a PC.

Comment 2

[Hans Schleichert]

The bug is still here in build 2002-10-13-08: I cannot enter ANY POP3 server
name under Win2000. Every attempts is rejected (even when the server in question
is local and can be pinged) with "please enter a valid hostname". On the other
hand, using the same mozilla version, I can enter just about any hostname under
WinNT. Therefore, I am changing "platform" to "2000".

Comment 3

[Hans Schleichert]

Just checked for release 2002-10-27-04. Under NT, no besides underscores,
otherwise just about anything is accepted as a valid hostname. Under 2000, no
hostnames at all are accepted.

Comment 4

[Peter 'vt100' Schwindt]

Reporter, have you tried cleaning your profile (see mversen.de for help) and
installing a fresh build?

Severity: minor - as this seems to be a profile problem.

Comment 5

[Hans Schleichert]

Using mozilla 2002-12-21-08 under WinNT:

1. Create a new mozilla account
2. Open Mozilla mail, create a POP3 mail account
3. Im Mozilla mail, click the mail account, then select "Create a new account"
4. In the account wizard, Select "Email account", enter name&address, select POP
server, enter a server name with underscore (e.g "my_server") (click Next)
5. A msgbox pops up saying "Please enter a valid hostname"

If you enter "myserver" in step 4, all goes well, and you can change the server
name once the mail account has been set up.

I haven't tried this version under Win2K yet but hope to in the next few days.

Don't agree on minor severity since it is a major flaw when you cannot create a
mail profile in a mail program.

Comment 6

[Hans Schleichert]

Adding to comment #5: Same behaviour under Win2k. Underscores not accepted.
Different from what I reported in Comment #1, POP names without underscores are
accepted in NT and 2k.

Comment 7

[Peter 'vt100' Schwindt]

I checked
http://lxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source/mailnews/base/prefs/resources/content/amUtils.js#39

A hostname like "[e-mail]" should pass as correct.

Comment 8

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

mass re-assign.

Comment 9

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 89945 ***