Closed Bug 278976 Opened 20 years ago Closed 17 years ago

Emails containing images sourced from unresolvable hosts cause mailnews to lock up

Categories

(MailNews Core :: Networking, defect)

Product:
MailNews Core
Component:
Networking
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
major

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED WORKSFORME

People

(Reporter: iannbugzilla, Unassigned)

Details

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Such an email
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Details 
Using BuildID 2005010307 on WinXP SP2
Steps to reproduce
1. Get sent an html email which has img src to a non-existant host
2. Try and open that email in mailnews

Expect results
1. Displays what can be displayed and fills images as and when

Actual results
1. mailnews locks until all image src links timeout which can be a while
Attached file Such an email — 

    
    

    
  
sorry for the spam.  making bugzilla reflect reality as I'm not working on these bugs.  filter on FOOBARCHEESE to remove these in bulk.
Assignee: sspitzer → nobody

    
    

    
  
Ian do you still seethis?

    
    

    
  
Looks like this no longer occurs on current trunk builds -> WFM
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 17 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
Product: Core → MailNews Core

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