1898134 - [meta] Thunderbird bugs which affect/inconvenience 3rd parties (email recipients, servers, etc.)

Status: NEW

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[chrizilla]

purpose

It might be helpful to collect and thereby highlight reports of bugs affecting third parties (i.e. not just the Thunderbird user alone), because:

1. they can negatively affect Thunderbird's standing and reputation
2. they may be embarrassing for the Thunderbird user vis-à-vis other people (boss, family, etc.)

scope

In order to be eligible for this list, the bug must somehow affect/involve a 3rd party – this is the common denominator of the bugs here.
The aggrieved party may be either the 3rd party or the TB user.

bug list

bug #	effect on 3rd party: server
bug 1508030	Thunderbird accidentally triggers DoS attacks
bug 1641882	infinite loop when talking to server ?
bug 216739	continuous server pinging
bug 1862111	too many failed login attempts, IMAP account gets locked
bug 1903811	DDoS-like batches of requests to RSS feeds, Thunderbird's IPs get blocked, users get banned

bug #	effect on 3rd party: email recipient
bug 134256	recipient receives multiple email duplicates from TB user
bug 620853	(same as above)
bug 1180633	TB user could accidentally embarrass/compromise sender by disclosing BCC-email-reception to others
bug 1784050	TB sends MDNs disclosing the email address of the user's default identity (privacy invasion of TB user and confusing for sender)
bug 36482	recipient may accidentally receive email from wrong/private address
bug 699681	(same as above)
bug 382580	(same as above)
bug 1764075	recipient may receive email with missing attachment
bug 1720311	recipient receives garbage

 
You are very welcome to add bugs. Please include a short note how the 3rd party is involved/affected.