287180 - Advanced IMAP server settings gets overwritten

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Thunderbird :: Account Manager, defect)

Description

[Björn Husberg]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050225 Firefox/1.0.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050225 Firefox/1.0.1

The problem appears when there are more than one IMAP account in the account
manager. In the 'Advanced' settings for imap accounts, the 'IMAP server
directory', 'Personal Namespace' etc. gets overwritten by another IMAP account
settings. This bug has been around since Thunderbird 0.6 at least.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Set up two IMAP accounts. Leave the IMAP server directory empty for the default
account. Enter 'Mail' in the IMAP server directory for the second account. (The
IMAP server directory can be found under Server Settings->Advanced... in the
account settings).

Now, close the account manager and follow the steps closely:

1. Bring up the Account Settings window (tools->Account Settings)
2. Click on 'Server Settings' for the second account (and nothing else)
3. Click on 'Server Settings' for the default account (and nothing else)
4. Bring up the advanced server settings by clicking 'Advanced...'

Viola, the IMAP server directory 'Mail' from the second account has been copied
to the default account.

Actual Results:  
the IMAP server directory 'Mail' from the second account has been copied to the
default account.

Expected Results:  
doh!

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
comment). If anyone thinks this is incorrect, they should feel free to reopen it.