280436 - not so good offline behaviour for users with a dialup connection

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[arnie]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
Build Identifier: thunderbird 1.0

I have a dial-up internet connection and therefore would like to be as less 
time online as possible during mailing. When I start thunderbird in offline 
mode windows will nevertheless try to call to my provider. When I'm in offline 
mode and try to sent my mail, thunderbird will give an error about an 
unreachable smtp host. I have to manually connect to the internet first. Also 
it would be nice when thunderbird automatically hangs up when all mail is send 
and recieved (ar at least would ask to hang up).

Reproducible: Always



Expected Results:  
Thunderbird is started in offline mode so windows doesn't try to establish an 
internet connection. When you press a button "send mail" (or recieve mail). a 
connection to the internet will be made and closed when finished.

Comment 1

[John David Galt]

WORKSFORME.

When starting up, is the cable icon in the lower left corner of the window
crossed out with a red X?  If it isn't, you're not starting up offline.

Comment 2

[arnie]

(In reply to comment #1)  
> WORKSFORME.  
>   
> When starting up, is the cable icon in the lower left corner of the window  
> crossed out with a red X?  If it isn't, you're not starting up offline.  
  
Yes, the red X is there... 

Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 4

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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