1806977 - "Please check that you have access to the file" error when sending mail with an attachment (attachment has been added by dragging an existing attachment from another message)

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(MailNews Core :: Composition, defect)

Description

[Tristan Miller]

If I try to send a message to which an attachment has been added by dragging an existing attachment from another message, I sometimes get an error dialog with the text "Sending of the message failed. There was an error attaching <FILENAME>. Please check that you have access to the file."

The problem is not consistently reproducible. So far, every time it has occurred has been when attaching a PDF file from a message in one account to a message being composed with another account. However, I'm not sure if this is a necessary condition, and it certainly isn't a sufficient condition, since sometimes such messages do send correctly.

Reproducibility: Sometimes

Steps to reproduce:

1. Ensure Thunderbird is set up with two different e-mail accounts A and B.
2. While in account A, start composing a new message.
3. In the From field, use the drop-down box to select account B.
4. Open a message with a PDF attachment in account A, and drag the PDF attachment to the compose window.
5. Try to send the message.

(I actually don't recall the order of steps 3 and 4. Perhaps they must be reversed.)

Observed behaviour:

1. I get an error dialog with the text, "Sending of the message failed. There was an error attaching <FILENAME>. Please check that you have access to the file." and the message does not get sent.

Expected behaviour:

1. The message, including the attachment, should get sent.

Comment 1

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Are you using 102.6.x? Or beta?

Comment 2

[Tristan Miller]

I'm using 102.6.0. Sorry; I must have selected the wrong version when entering the bug.

Comment 3

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Dossy, can you reproduce?

Comment 4

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Err, Danny :)

Comment 5

[Danny Colin [:sdk]]

I can't reproduce it on 110 under Linux.

Comment 6

[Tristan Miller]

I've experienced the bug now when drag-attaching an attachment from another message in the same account. So contrary to my suspicions, it seems that dragging across accounts has nothing to do with the bug.

Comment 7

[Tristan Miller]

Seemingly no longer reproducible with Thunderbrid 115.2.0.