267642 - Using "Send later" with non-existent Unsent folder produces just bogus error message and loses e-mail

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, defect)

Description

[Jan Kozanek]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040913
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040913

During creating and deleting of several new POP accounts, my prefs.js got messed
up by Mozilla so that the unsent_folder_uri was pointing to a non-existent
(already removed with one of the POP accounts) folder.

When trying to use "Send later" feature, Mozilla always responded with "Could
not copy message to your Sent folder", did not send the message, BUT copied it
correctly to my main IMAP account's Sent folder.

Obviously the message never reached the recepient without the user not knowing
this, since the message correctly appeared in the Sent folder.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Since I don't know, when exactly Mozilla messed the prefs.js file itself,
just try to simulate it: edit prefs.js by hand.
2. Put some wrong value for unsent_folder_uri (or similar, the spelling might be
wrong).
3. Start up Mozilla/Mail, compose new message.
4. Press "Send later".


Actual Results:  
You'll see an error message claiming the message could not be copied to SENT !!!
folder. But in fact, message gets copied to Sent folder, but is never sent to
the recepient.

Expected Results:  
1. Correct error message stating the problem is with "Unsent messages" folder.
2. Offer for either "Sending message immediately" or "Discarding the message".
3. Copying to the Sent folder occurs only after the message IS REALLY sent.

Solution for this was hand-editing of prefs.js and removing the
unsent_folder_uri line completely. Then on first start Mozilla asked, what
should be done with Unsent messages and correctly associated Unsent messages
folder with the one within Local folders.

At best, under Mail & Newsgroups Accounts / Copies & Folders / should exist a UI
which allows the user to change the folder for unsent messages.

Since this: "Obviously the message never reached the recepient without the user
not knowing this, since the message correctly appeared in the Sent folder." I
put severity as major.

Comment 1

[Jan Kozanek]

Forgot to mention the affected version of Mozilla/Mail is:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040913

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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