211661 - Mozilla Mail 1.2.1 and 1.3 sorts messages into the Sent-folder although the

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 189428

(MailNews Core :: Networking: SMTP, defect)

Description

[Errikos Pitsos]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20030325
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20030325

This happens when the server closes the socket, e.g. because the 
authentification failed.
Here's an excerpt of the communication:

client  -> EHLO ********
server <-  250-***************** Hello [********], pleased to meet you
server <-  250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
server <-  250-PIPELINING
server <-  250-EXPN
server <-  250-VERB
server <-  250-8BITMIME
server <-  250-SIZE
server <-  250-DSN
server <-  250-ETRN
server <-  250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN
server <-  250-STARTTLS
server <-  250-DELIVERBY
server <-  250 HELP
client  -> AUTH PLAIN AbCdEfGhIjKlMn==
server <-  535 5.7.0 authentication failed
client  -> AUTH PLAIN AbCdEfGhIjKlMn==
server <-  535 5.7.0 authentication failed
client  -> AUTH PLAIN AbCdEfGhIjKlMn==
server <-  535 5.7.0 authentication failed
client  -> AUTH PLAIN AbCdEfGhIjKlMn==
server <-  535 5.7.0 authentication failed
client  -> AUTH PLAIN AbCdEfGhIjKlMn==
server <-  535 5.7.0 authentication failed
client  -> AUTH PLAIN AbCdEfGhIjKlMn==
server <-  535 5.7.0 authentication failed
client  -> AUTH PLAIN AbCdEfGhIjKlMn==
server <-  535 5.7.0 authentication failed
client  -> AUTH PLAIN AbCdEfGhIjKlMn==
server <-  535 5.7.0 authentication failed
client  -> AUTH PLAIN AbCdEfGhIjKlMn==
-- server closes the socket --

This are *two* bugs:
1. Mozilla ignores the errorcode of the authentification
2. Mozilla pesumes the message has been delivered succesfully when the socket 
is closed (this is the behaviour also during the whole communication) and 
does not wait for the 250 return code of the DATA request.


The result is, that the email is put to the sent box but was NEVER send out!!!

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Send email
2. Have SMTP give funny answer as described above
3. Have email, which was not actually delivered sorted to the sent box

Actual Results:  
the email is sorted to the sent box

Expected Results:  
pop-up unable to send would be appropriate.

We work with Linux/Windows Mozilla 1.2.1 and 1.3 and it happens on all of them. 

The problem is, if the SMTP is not repsonding correclty to Mozilla you don't
send mail, but you thought you did. This is very very severe in a business
enivironment, I don't have to explain any further.

Comment 1

[Errikos Pitsos]

If you  need any help in reproducing or understanding what we mean, contact us.
This is really a very severe bug, because now I am not anymore sure whether I
sent out emails or not, even though they are in the send folder.

Comment 2

[Robert Morris]

Marking a duplicate of bug 197447 and (not that it matters anymore <g>) changing
status to major (could even be normal?) since it does not block development or
testing of the product.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 197447 ***

Comment 3

[Robert Morris]

Whoops. Marked a duplicate of the wrong bug (another one I was looking at). I'll
have to try again. Reopening for now...

Comment 4

[Robert Morris]

Now I've got the right bug. :) Sorry for this mess...

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 189428 ***