221997 - Incorrect profile for a new message resulting from a "mailto:" link in a mail message

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 194809

(MailNews Core :: Composition, defect)

Description

[Olivier Vit (just a reporter)]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20030925
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20030925

Default sender isn't set according to the context of the originating mailto: link

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. You have multiple profiles defined
2. You read a message with a mailto: link in the second profile inbox
3. You clink on the link and get a new message window


Actual Results:  
The sender is send to the first profile owner, not the current profile owner

Expected Results:  
The profile being recipient of the mail should become the sender of the new message

Comment 1

[Olivier Vit (just a reporter)]

this is useful for example when you want to unsuscribe from a newsletter, and
your message may be sent with an identity which isn't the one being subscribed,
and you get the feeling that you can never unsubscribe, while it is due to the
behavior of  Mozilla...

Comment 2

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

Do you mean "account" rather than "profile"?  If so, this is a duplicate of bug 
194809.

Comment 3

[Olivier Vit (just a reporter)]

I meant account
Is a duplicate
Sorry for the incovenience

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 194809 ***