27485 - Change in SMTP server setting not holding when creating 2nd account

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Account Configuration, defect, P1)

Description

[lchiang]

Change in SMTP server setting not holding when creating 2nd account

2000-02-10-15-m14 commercial Win32

1) Current account already set up.  Outgoing SMTP server set to nsmail-1, for 
example.

2) Edit | Account Manager.
3) Create another account. When you get to the screen for the outgoing SMTP 
server, change it to earthlink.mail.net, for example
4) Finish creating the account.
5) Go back into the Account Manager and look at the Outgoing SMTP server 
setting.

Actual Results:  setting shows nsmail-1

Expected Results:  setting should show earthlink.mail.net which you just changed 
to

Comment 1

[Alec Flett]

yikes, that's not good at all. marking for beta1

Comment 2

[Alec Flett]

ok, there's no problem with the backend, must be something wrong with the
wizard... 

Comment 3

[leger]

Putting on PDT+ radar for beta1.

Comment 4

[Alec Flett]

checked in

Comment 5

[lchiang]

If today's builds are good to use (won't know until later), I may try to find 
time to install today's builds on the lab machines so we have this fix for the 
bugorama.  Or, if it's ok with you Sol, we can leave the builds installed as is 
since we're already set up on the 9 machines.  Let me know.

Comment 6

[Ninoschka Baca]

Build 2000-02-15-09M14: NT4
It looks good on NT. Will check Linux and Mac next.

Comment 7

[Ninoschka Baca]

Build 2000-02-15-09M14: NT4, Linux 6.0
Wait, I just tried this again on NT and Mac and it's not working.

- I created a new profile using qatest20 (POP) as my first account, 
Outgoing SMTP=nsmail-2
- Added another account using qatest33 (IMAP as my second account
Outgoing SMTP=nsmail-5

Results: Account Settings Outgoing SMTP panel still shows "nsmail-2". Even after 
reopening Account Settings.

Comment 8

[Alec Flett]

oh wait, I think I just figured out what's going on.... and it's nasty.

Comment 9

[Alec Flett]

so more details on this: what's happening is that if you visit the smtp page,
it's caching the current value of the smtp hostname in an array...then you go
create an account and the account sets the ACTUAL value of the SMTP
hostname....when you hit OK in the account manager, the cached value overwrites
the real version which you just changed.

Comment 10

[Alec Flett]

ok, this is now WONTFIX due to bug  28246
28246 means that you can't change the SMTP server if it's already set.

Comment 11

[lchiang]

ok, this bug can't exist once the other bug is fixed.