282112 - Limit number of windows opened by mail/news (sanity check)

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, defect)

Description

[Aaron Lawrence]

At the moment it is possible to jam Mozilla up for a long time by a simple
mistake like going to your mailbox, hitting select-all then pressing enter or
Ctrl-U (view source).
Mozilla attempts to open every message, with no limit, in a new window. 
As an example, I often open a message source and then select all to paste into
spamcop. (Ctrl-U, Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C...). If I get the first two key presses round
the wrong way, Mozilla is stuck trying to open thousands of messages.

I suggest that there should be a sanity check on this, to perhaps 20 messages
that can open new windows.

It's more than an enhancement, it's a serious user interface problem.

Comment 1

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

xref bug 175594, bug 202693

> it's a serious user interface problem.

I don't agree, but it's pointless to override people who make declarations with 
such surety.  I'll let someone else change this to enhancement.

Comment 2

[Aaron Lawrence]

OK then, it's not a serious user interface problem.

It's an obscure minor user interface problem with serious effects.

Better?

Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 4

[Aaron Lawrence]

Wow, someone added a confirmation message "Opening XXX messages may be slow".

Good enough for me. WFM Mozilla 1.7.8