208806 - changes to SMTP default server not recognized

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 202308

(MailNews Core :: Networking: SMTP, defect)

Description

[Scott Mattoon]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030529
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030529

from "Mail & New Account Settings -> Outgoing Server (SMTP) -> Advanced ..." if
I select a different server on the list as the Default, the previous server is
still used to send new email.  restarting mozilla, and restarting windows does
not solve the problem. My workaround was to delete the previous server from the
list (even though it was no longer marked Default, and readd the desired server
then set it as Default.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Mail & New Account Settings -> Outgoing Server (SMTP) -> Advanced ...
2.  select a different server on the list as the Default
3.   restart windows.
4.    send email and track which server is used to deliver

Actual Results:  
Since I was behind a firewall that filters SMTP, I had to switch to an SMTP
server inside my firewall.  when I made the switch following the steps, then
clicked sent email, Mozilla responded with <server name> cannot be reached,
where <server name> was the previous default, and not the current default SMPT
server.

Expected Results:  
use the new default SMTP server.

this appears to be a regression, as the problem did not occur in 1.4b.

Comment 1

[Tomas Krause]

Yes, I have same problem on Linux, Mozilla 1.4 RC2

Comment 2

[R. Pao]

I second this behavior.  Using Ethereal, I see this behavior with both Mozilla
1.4 and Thunderbird 0.1.

rp03

Comment 3

[R. Pao]

I forgot to mention that restarting Mozilla 1.4 or Thunderbird 0.1 does not
affect the outcome.  The GUI still shows the new default, but outgoing messages
still go to the old SMTP server.

Comment 4

[OstGote!]

related bugs: Bug 170089, Bug 222064 and Bug 222388

WFM with Mozilla 1.6b under WinNT4.

Comment 5

[Maxious]

This bug appears to be a dupe of bug 202308 - Outgoing Server (SMTP) swictching
is not functioning properly.

Comment 6

[Vidar Haarr (not reading bugmail)]

It's a dupe.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 202308 ***