268382 - thunderbird doesn't auto disconnect from dialup connection after checking mail

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 193857

(Thunderbird :: General, enhancement)

Description

[Fabrice Blatch]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040913 Firefox/0.10.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040913 Firefox/0.10.1

i was wondering if you guys could add a feature in thunderbird, so as to be able
to auto disconnect from a dialup connection after having checked ones mail...
i'm currently using thunderbird as my email client and i've got broadband... so
i don't technically need that feature but i was thinking of all the other guys
that are still using a dialup connection...
i've been convincing alot of my friends to switch from OE and MO to thunderbird
but many of them are relunctant to do so just because of the lack of that
feature... so is it possible to include such a feature in thunderbird?

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1

[Jo Hermans]

MailNews bug 193857

Comment 2

[Worcester12345]

I'd vote for this one if it let me. Should this go under Mail/News instead?

Comment 3

[Fabrice Blatch]

(In reply to comment #2)
> I'd vote for this one if it let me. Should this go under Mail/News instead?

what do you mean? who is "it"?

so it seems that other people before me asked for this feature..... so what is
happening... are the guys going to include it or is it going to be left out?

Comment 4

[David :Bienvenu]

that would be a core networking issue - mailnews doesn't even know a new dialup
connection was made, never mind how to terminate the dialup connection.

Comment 5

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 193857 ***

Comment 6

[Fabrice Blatch]

(In reply to comment #4)
> that would be a core networking issue - mailnews doesn't even know a new dialup
> connection was made, never mind how to terminate the dialup connection.

ok.... i understand.... but is something going to be done about it or is it
going to be left out?

Comment 7

[David :Bienvenu]

it's not going to be in 1.0, that's for sure...

Comment 8

[Fabrice Blatch]

(In reply to comment #7)
> it's not going to be in 1.0, that's for sure...

ok... thx a lot... i think it's sad but what can we do.... i shall look forward
to it if it ever comes....

by the way mr David Bienvenu, would you know of a way to automatically
disconnect from a dialup connection after having checked ones email with
thunderbird... i've tried the hangup tool but it only disconnects you once you
actually close thbd....

Comment 9

[David :Bienvenu]

Fabrice, I always just pick "disconnect" from the context menu of the windows
networking icon on the task bar - that terminates the dialup connection, afaik,
no matter what thunderbird does. If you're using POP3, tbird doesn't hold any
connections open; if you're using imap, you can click the offline button to make
tbird release the imap connections.

Comment 10

[Fabrice Blatch]

(In reply to comment #9)
> Fabrice, I always just pick "disconnect" from the context menu of the windows
> networking icon on the task bar - that terminates the dialup connection, afaik,
> no matter what thunderbird does. If you're using POP3, tbird doesn't hold any
> connections open; if you're using imap, you can click the offline button to make
> tbird release the imap connections.
> 
> thank you david for your help.... if it was for me, i've got no problem
disconnecting from the dialup connection using the icon from the task bar... but
i was thinking of all the other people that because of that small little thing,
they will not migrate from OE or MO to thunderbird... eg. my aunt who is 50 yrs
old who often forgets to disconnect from the dialup connection!!!!!!! so i had
to put her back on OE!!!!!
but thanks anyway... if you ever hear of something that can be done to add this
feature, please do let me know... thx again....