286627 - printing mail does not print out the url

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(MailNews Core :: Printing, defect)

Description

[simon annear]

Within Mail

1. File, Page Setup, Margins & Header/Footer
2. Confirm that the right header is URL
3. Click Ok
4. Select Mail Message
5. File, Print Preview

Expected Result
Mail details show top right hand header

Actual Result
Nothing in top right hand header

Comment 1

[Justin Wood (:Callek)]

Hmm, what url would you be expecting to see from a mail, or what form of details?

I would not imagine a url being associated with an e-mail.

Comment 2

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

either invalid, or enhancement?

Comment 3

[simon annear]

It used to print out something about the message details, ie
"imap://server.xyz.co.nz/blah messageid=xyz"

Comment 4

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

should this be in mailnews: printing?

Comment 5

[rsx11m]

I've noticed that the "imap://" or "mailbox://" heading shows up in the preview before printing, but then disappears on the actually printed copy. I've tested this with both output to a physical printer as well as into Adobe Distiller, no difference. Observed with both SeaMonkey and Thunderbird, branch (SM 1.1.9, TB 2.0.0.12) and trunk (TB 3.0a1pre, 2008050103) versions, Windows and Linux. With SeaMonkey, printing from a web page shows the URL correctly, thus this affects MailNews only (adjusting component per comment #4).

This issue aside, I think that the suggestion in bug 118766 comment #1 to replace the (rather meaningless) imap/mailbox URL with a more human-readable reference to account and folder on each printed page would make sense.

Comment 6

[rsx11m]

(In reply to comment #5)
> I've noticed that the "imap://" or "mailbox://" heading shows up in the preview
> before printing, but then disappears on the actually printed copy.

It does not always disappear when printed, see bug 118766 comment #12 for steps to reproduce printing with the URL included in the actual printout.