256969 - Account Settings" show "Local directory:" instead of "Signature file:

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 256971

(Thunderbird :: Account Manager, defect)

Description

[Volkmar W. Pogatzki]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040825 Firefox/0.9.1+
Build Identifier: thunderbird-i686-linux-gtk2+xft.tar.gz version 0.7+ (20040825) 

After setting up a Movemail account in Thunderbird, the »Local directory:« pref.
in Server Settings cannot be changed. It always points to:
   /home/username/.thunderbird/default/Mail/localhost
There is a »Browse...« button, but selecting a different directory has no effect
on the entry in the text field.

Furthermore there is another option »Local directory:« in Account Settings where
I expected to find a text box for the signature file.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start Thunderbird from a new installation with a clean profle
2. Set up a new account. Select »Movemail«. Complete entries.
3. Go to Options => Account Settings and select Server Settings for that account.
4. Try to modify the text string for »Local directory:«
5. Use the »Browse...« button to select another directory.

Actual Results:  
The string in »Local directory:« text field remains unchanges.

Expected Results:  
Either should have been accepted
or the text string should be shown as information only.

The second option »Local directory:« in Account Settings should not be there.

Comment 1

[Volkmar W. Pogatzki]

Attachment: "Account Settings" showing "Local directory:" instead of "Signature file:"

(In reply to comment #0)
> After setting up a Movemail account in Thunderbird, the "Local directory:" 
> pref. in Server Settings cannot be changed. It always points to:
>    /home/username/.thunderbird/default/Mail/localhost
> There is a "Browse..." button, but selecting a different directory has no
> effect on the entry in the text field.

This part has been fixes by Bug 259230.

 
> Furthermore there is another option "Local directory:" in Account Settings 
> where I expected to find a text box for the signature file.

This part is still buggy 
<http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/nightly/2004-09-28-05-0.8/thunderbird-i686-linux-gtk2+xft.tar.gz>.

Comment 2

[Volkmar W. Pogatzki]

Adjusting Summary to remaining Bug:
"Account Settings" show "Local directory:" instead of "Signature file:"

Comment 3

[Stefan Borggraefe]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 256971 ***