Closed Bug 254090 Opened 20 years ago Closed 19 years ago

Cannot print labels/use "Click & Ship" on USPS site

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Product:
SeaMonkey
Component:
General
Platform:
Other
Linux
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED EXPIRED

People

(Reporter: scraw4d, Unassigned)

References

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URL
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Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040216 Debian/1.6.x.1-10
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040216 Debian/1.6.x.1-10

Unable to print shipping labels, have USPS charge credit card for "Click & Ship"
services.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Start at https://ecap21.usps.com/cgi-bin/ecapbv/scripts/login.jsp
2.(May have to create an account to log-in).  Then click on "Sign In".  It
should take you to https://sss-web.usps.com/ds/jsps/ds_landing.jsp
3.Try to print sample lable.  Should take you to
https://sss-web.usps.com/ds/jsps/pl_dummy.jsp

Actual Results:  
Get message "Sorry, we are unable to process your request due to a temporary
communication failure.  Please try again later."  This only happens using
Mozilla in linux.  I've tried this using both SuSE 9.1 and Xandros 2.0, both
using Mozilla 1.6.  It works fine using Mozilla under Windows XP.

Expected Results:  
It should have printed sample label and/or, if I was trying to print actual
label, charged my credit card and printed label.

Here is a copy of email to tech support at USPS.

Dear Sam,

Its a compatibility issue between your Linux OS and our system, even though
Mozilla does work.

Thank you.

USPS Internet Customer Care Center
icustomercare@usps.com
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The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to
which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged
material.  Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or
taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or
entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited.  If you received
this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any
computer.
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(0058)

TRACKING NUMBER: A00001092872-00003845379

     -----Original Message-----


     From: scxxxxxxxxxxxxx
     Sent: Thursday, Jul 29 2004 10:28 PM
     To: icustomercare@usps.com
     Subject: RE: RE: Click-N-Ship-Printing / Technical Issues-Technical
Inquiry

     Dear James,

Thanks for the reply.  I can use the same computer, using Windows XP and
Mozilla, and have no problems.  It is only when I boot into linux, again
using Mozilla (with Java installed) that the problems arise.  It is behind
the same firewall and nothing else changes except the operating system.

-----Original Message-----
From: icustomercare@usps.com [mailto:icustomercare@usps.com] 
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 5:30 PM
To: 'scxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: RE: Click-N-Ship-Printing / Technical Issues-Technical Inquiry


Dear Mr. Crawford,

Thank you for contacting us. Currently the list below contains all of the
known causes of the communication failure message:

1) Your system is behind a firewall, router or switch.

2) The use of special characters (&,$,%,@,#, commas, periods dashes etc)  in
your address fields.

3) The server at the credit card company to verify payment information is
temporarily offline.

4) Use of special characters in your profile name, company name or address.

5) Use of a state that is not listed in the drop down box.  Please note that
not all state/territories except Confirmation Services which will limit
their availability to be used with Click-N-Ship.

If any of these apply to your attempts than you will receive that message. 

Thank you,

James
USPS Internet Customer Care Center
icustomercare@usps.com
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The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to
which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged
material.  Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or
taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or
entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited.  If you received
this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any
computer.
-------------------------------------------------------
(0054)

TRACKING NUMBER: A00001092633-00003844193

     -----Original Message-----


     From: scxxxxxxxxxxxxx
     Sent: Thursday, Jul 29 2004 03:37 PM
     To: icustomercare@usps.com
     Subject: RE: Click-N-Ship-Printing / Technical Issues-Technical Inquiry

     Thanks for your response.  I get this error when I try print a sample
label, as well as when I try to actually print a real one.

-----Original Message-----
From: icustomercare@usps.com [mailto:icustomercare@usps.com] 
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 12:08 PM
To: 'scxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: Click-N-Ship-Printing / Technical Issues-Technical Inquiry


Dear Customer,

Communication failures are caused by one of the following

1) Your system is behind a firewall, router or switch

2) The use of special characters (&,$,%,@,#, commas, periods dashes etc)  in
your address fields

3) The server at the credit card company to verify payment information is
temporarily offline.

4) Use of special characters in your profile name, company name or address.

5) Use of a state that is not listed in the drop down box.  Please note that
not all state/territories except Confirmation Services which will limit
their availability to be used with Click-N-Ship



USPS Internet Customer Care Center
icustomercare@usps.com
-------------------------------------------------------
The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to
which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged
material.  Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or
taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or
entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited.  If you received
this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any
computer.
-------------------------------------------------------
(0057)

TRACKING NUMBER: A00001092633-00003843220

     -----Original Message-----


     From: scxxxxxxxxxxxxx
     Sent: Thursday, Jul 29 2004 12:09 PM
     To: icustomercare@usps.com
     Subject: Click-N-Ship-Printing / Technical Issues-Technical Inquiry

     CUSTOMER INFORMATION
--------------------


CUSTOMER COMMENT
----------------
Comment Type: Technical Inquiry
Comment: I am unable to print labels when I use Mozilla on a linux system. I
get the following error message:  "Error displaying label.  Sorry, we were
unable to process your request due to a temporary communication failure.
Please try again later."  This happens on more than one version of linux.
Any ideas?  I have java installed on the system.
Just a follow up.  I installed Firefox on my Xandros system, copied over the
java plugins, and can use it to access this site just fine.
So is this now working for you?  
If not try a new version of moz or FF from mozilla.org.  Does Java work on other
sites?
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
I think it's a Java integration issue.
Mozilla, FireFox, and Internet Explorer cannot print labels from USPS.
The only browser that worked was Safari.

does it work on mac with the osx java plugin from sourceforge?
Workaround: uninstall Java VM 1.5, now known as 5.0.  Then install 1.4.2 from
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html

We had this problem in Win98, IE and Firefox.

Googling on "usps java crash" the first results shows this is a "Topcrasher."

This is an automated message, with ID "auto-resolve01".

This bug has had no comments for a long time. Statistically, we have found that
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This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
comment). If anyone thinks this is incorrect, they should feel free to reopen it.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → EXPIRED
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