276868 - MailNews asks for confirmation to send receipt for messages in the outbox folder (unsent messages)

Status: NEW

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Backend, defect)

Description

[:aceman]

Similar to bug 218132, but happens in the Unsent messages folder. I have no
multiple indentities per account, but I have several account which all store
unsent messages in one outbox folder, which is located in one of the accounts.

Steps to repruduce:
1. create a message in one of the accounts (preferably one without the outbox
folder)
2. set the flag to request a return receipt.
3. save the message for later delivery (send later)
4. go to the outbox folder and view the message

Results:
 Mozilla asks if it should send the receipt to the sender, but the sender is ME!

Expected:
 There is no point in asking this, ignore the receipt if I am the sender.
But checking all possible identities in Mailnews may not be enough, if the user
wants to send under a spoofed address. I would suggest to completelly ignore
receipts if the message is in outbox, sent, template, concept folders,
regardless of the sender address.

I am doing this offline and have requested Mozilla to ask for each return receipt.

Comment 1

[:aceman]

Ah, and I see this in Mozilla 1.7.3, I am not sure about older releases, but I
think it wasn't always this way. In some versions it worked correctly (1.3?).

Comment 2

[:aceman]

The interesting thisng is, the receipt is only asked for if the sender address
(me) is on a different server then the account containing the outbox folder:

1. user1@server1
    |- contains Outbox
2. user2@server1 (yes, server1 again)
3. user1@server2

Create a message in all 3 accounts, they go into the one outbox in account1.
Only the message from account3 will produce the dialog.

Still in 1.7.6

Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 4

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 5

[:aceman]

This still happens on the 1.7 branch, I will check Seamonkey 1.0 soon.

Comment 6

[Peter]

TB 1.5.0.5 does this for me in my IMAP account. Any message in my outbox (sent messages) that I requested a receipt for will trigger a Confirm dialog box asking me to send a receipt when I click on it.