285811 - Subject line trimmed when answering

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Thunderbird :: Message Compose Window, defect)

Description

[Dr. Matthias Spanier]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de-DE; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041122 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de-DE; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041206 Thunderbird/1.0 Mnenhy/0.7.1

Hello,

cf. message id <[e-mail]>.

I am using Thunderbird 1.0. In the current profile, I have installed the extensions
| MessageID-Finder 1.9.9
| Mnenhy 0.7.1
| Quote Colors DE 0.2.6
| adressContext DE 0.6
| MozillaCalendar 0.8.3+
| MagicSLR 0.9.0
| ConQuery 1.5.1

I answered the porting

| Message-ID: <d0cotb$vvv$01$[e-mail]>
| Betreff: Re: PROBLEM GELÖST - Fehler Installation HBCI
| Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

My answer has got the header

| Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
| Betreff: Re:
| Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-

where the subject line was cut off.

Problem: In this case the contents of the subject line were lost when answering.

Regards,
Matthias

Reproducible: Always



Expected Results:  
Keep the subject line of the answered posting when answering, and inserting "Re:
" at the beginning (if no such "Re:" already in there).

Workaround: I should remember that such a problem might happen, and if it does,
I need to restore the subject line manually.

Comment 1

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

Try starting Thunderbird in Safe Mode.  If the problem does not occur when 
running like that, the problem is with one of the extensions, not with TB.  In 
that case, it's up to you to figure out which of those extensions might be 
causing the problem, and to contact the author of the extension.

Comment 2

[Dr. Matthias Spanier]

Hello Mike,

thanks.
I started Thunderbird in safe mode, displayed the same posting
<<d0cotb$vvv$01$[e-mail]>>, and clicked "Antworten" (i.e. "Answer",
in English). The subject line of the answered posting was completely taken over
to my answer, then.
According to your advice, I will try to find the responsible extension etc.

To be continued in the newsgroup <de.comm.software.mozilla.mailnews>.

BTW: The problem is not solved yet, but I need to say "Thunderbird itself is not
responsible for that". What kind of resolution status is most suitable? FIXED,
INVALID, WONTFIX or WORKSFORME? None of these seems to be the right choice in
this case? ;-)

Regards,
Matthias

Comment 3

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

"Invalid" because it's not actually a bug (that is, not with Thunderbird 
itself).  Thanks.

Comment 4

[Dr. Matthias Spanier]

Hello,

Now I have re-opened this bug for the following reason:
Currently, I use TB 1.0.7.
In the newsgroup <microsoft.public.de.money>, I answered the posting <dpcd4l$t2a$00$[e-mail]>. The message id of my answer is <[e-mail]>. The subject of my answer reads "Re: ", and the subject of the posting <dpcd4l$t2a$00$[e-mail] was lost.
I closed TB and re-started in in safe mode to check whether TB itself or one of the extensions might be responsible for that problem. And even now, when working in safe mode and answering to <dpcd4l$t2a$00$[e-mail]>, the subject of my answer was "Re: ".

As the problem re-occurred in TB safe mode, I am re-opening this bug.

Regards,
Matthias

Comment 5

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

Matthias, I managed to miss your comment 4 when you posted it back in January; sorry.

Do you still have the message that was causing the problem?  Or another like 
it?  If you have a sample message for testing, please save it as a .EML file 
and attach it to this bug (using the Create New Attachment link, above).

Comment 6

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

matthias, need your response to comment 5. :)  ALso, does the problem happen with Thunderbird 1.5?

Comment 7

[Dr. Matthias Spanier]

Problem has not re-occured for a long time while using newer TB versions (currently TB 2.0.0.5].
Closing bug.