239293 - mail sent to wrong server

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Thunderbird :: Preferences, defect)

Description

[Bob Wiser]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007

Thunderbird V0.5 is trying to send my mail to the wrong mail server when I
attempt to change servers in the Advanced section.  I have two servers 1)
mail.k6rmw.net:25 (Default) and 2) smtp.webintellects.net:25.  When I change the
Default from 1 to 2 and then attempt to send a composed mail, the system reports
in a window, under Status, that it is connecting to the server 1 rather than
server 2, which is selected as default.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to Advanced button under Preferences and change default from mail.X to
smtp.x and return to composer
2. Compose mail and send it.


Actual Results:  
Status window onepend and reports the mail is going to the original server
rather than the one selected as Default.

Expected Results:  
The status window should show that it is attempting to send to the server that
is marked under the Advanced section as the default server.

This bug prevents me from using the mail client wehen I am forced to use a
dial-up service such as webintellects.  When I am connected to them through
their dial-up service I must use their mail server (smtp.webintellects.net on
port 25) because they have had spam and attack problems and have limited mail
access to this port and server.

Comment 1

[Dave Walters]

I am experiencing the same problem, with slight variation.  I am using TB 0.7.2
with Win2k, not XP, and my second outgoing server is NOT a dial-up, but a direct
connect.  I have used the 'switch outgoing server'function with the older
Mozilla Mail application with no problems - now it does not work with Thunderbird.

I have tried selecting the ougoing server, which does not work.  Same error
message - it is trying to use the wrong (previous) server.  I told it to change
the default.  That did not work.  Even closing and reopening the app does not
change the default outgoing server.  Even rebooting PC does not help.  Now I
cannot send outgoing mail from my office, though I can still from home.

Confirming that this is a problem.

Dave Walters
[e-mail]
7/29/04

Comment 2

[Doug Wright]

Is this still a problem in Tb 1.0? It works fine for me.

Comment 3

[Doug Wright]

Over 1 month with no response from reporter -> WFM. Please reopen if bug still
present in a recent build.

Comment 4

[Doug Wright]

*really* marking WFM

Comment 5

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

More likely a dupe of bug 222388 or bug 276601.