298248 - When specifying TLS for the SMTP Server Thunderbird does not prompt for password

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 237551

(Thunderbird :: Security, defect)

Description

[Danny Mayer]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4
Build Identifier: Thunderbird 1.0.2 (20050317)

I am trying to use SSL3/TLS 1.0 to contact an SMTP server running SSL3/TLS
to send mail and it fails and never prompts for a password for the name
already specified in the outgoing SMTP Server preferences.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Enter SMTP Server address
2. Add name to checked box
3. In secure connection, specify TLS radio button.
4. Send message.

Actual Results:  
Times out after a while trying to contact server.

Expected Results:  
Prompt for password for specified name used in preferences setup for
SMTP server.

Comment 1

[Adam Guthrie]

Related to bug 237551?

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 3

[Danny Mayer]

My apologies. This is indeed a duplicate of bug #237551.

It would be useful to document this problem in the thunderbird documentation and
FAQ since I expect this will appear more frequently when people start to use TLS
more heavily.

Danny

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 237551 ***