243467 - Cannot subscribe newsgroup with "+" in the newsgroup name

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 238688

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Description

[Hing-Wah Wan]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040206 Firefox/0.8
Build Identifier: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6 (Windows/20040502)

Cannot subscribe newsgroup with "+" in newsgroup name using the subscribe user
interface

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
Right click news.somenewsserver.com -->Subscribe  and try to tick the Subscribe
box for newsgroup like "comp.lang.c++". It cannot be checked. Subscribing
newsgroup by entering "news://news.somenewserver.com/comp.lang.c++" in the
browser work.

Comment 1

[Jungshik Shin]

This is a dupe of ?? that I believe has been fixed. Can you try a recent nightly? 

Comment 2

[Hing-Wah Wan]

Tried with build 20040513 in linux, still can reproduce

Comment 3

[Sami Haaramo]

Confirmed also with only one "+" in newsgroup name
(sfnet.harrastus.audio+video.kotiteatteri)

Comment 4

[yigal]

There is a way to bypass this bug: do not use the window labeled "show items 
that contain". Instead, expand the tree view until you reach "comp.lang.c++" or 
whatever - at that point you will be able to subscribe

Comment 5

[Ralf Storm]

Can reproduce on Mozilla 1.7 RC2
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040514

with single and mutiple "+":
comp.lang.c++
de.comp.hardware.laufwerke.cd+dvd

(In reply to comment #4)
> There is a way to bypass this bug:

confirmed

Comment 6

[jwq]

[Following the status whiteboard DUPME entry]
This bug is a duplicate of Bug 238688.

Comment 7

[Jungshik Shin]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 238688 ***

Comment 8

[[:Aureliano Buendía]]

Cleanup *dupeme* whiteboard flag from bugs that are marked as Resolved Duplicate!