280431 - messages open in compose window on original account when a second account is added

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Description

[Kim Crabb]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla Thunderbird version 0.6+ (20050130)

When I added a second account, messages in my original account started opening
in the compose window instead of the "read" window. (Because of this, when new
messages are opened they are not marked as read...they always remain unread
unless I right click on them and choose "Mark as read.") The mail messages on
the second (newly added) account open as they should...in the read window. I
could not reproduce this in the Mozilla mail client (versin 1.8b).

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Thunderbird
2. Open a message in my "Earthlink" account.
Actual Results:  
The message opens in the "compose" window.

Expected Results:  
The message should open in the "read" window.

I am not using the "Global Inbox" feature...there are two separate folders set
up for each account.

Comment 1

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

This behavior is normal for messages that are in the Drafts folder -- are you 
sure that is not what's happening here?

Comment 2

[Kim Crabb]

Attachment: Screen print of Thunderbird inboxes

I am definitely not in the drafts folder...this screen print shows what happens
when I double click a new message in the inbox.

Comment 3

[Kim Crabb]

When I right click on an e-mail and choose "Open Message in New Window" it opens
correctly...in the read window. 

Comment 4

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

Kim Crabb, are you still seeing this symptom in current builds?  (Or even in 
1.0.x, as this was reported against 0.6.)  If not, please mark the bug:
  Resolved | WorksForMe

Comment 5

[Kim Crabb]

I stopped using Thunderbird a long time ago because this problem got on my
nerves. Sorry!

Comment 6

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

Well, it works for me.

Comment 7

[Kim Crabb]

That doesn't mean there's not a problem. Unfortunately, there are too many
variables to every problem to fix every little thing.