308167 - Unlimited instances of Thunderbird can be opened

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[Zarco Zwier]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20050908 (No IDN) Firefox/1.6a1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20050908 (No IDN) Firefox/1.6a1

It's possible to open an unlimited number of instances of Thunderbird, which can
be annoying to say the least.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to the specified URL
2. Click the button (make sure Thunderbird is your default mail client)


Actual Results:  
Thunderbird is opened a lot

Expected Results:  
The number of windows should be restricted (make it a preference)

Comment 1

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

testcase URL doesn't reproduce the bug for me - it calls outlook, not TB.
Thunderbird is marked as my default mail client.

please state your version of TB from  help>about.

see also bug 220196

Comment 2

[Zarco Zwier]

Currently, I'm using version 1.6a1 (20050925)
It's not the same build at time of entering this bug, but the problem persists.
I don't know what build it was exactly at that time, probably a nightly about as
current as the Firefox build.

Did you specify Thunderbird as the default e-mail program in: Control panel -
Add or Remove programs - Set program access and defaults ??? I did.

Also, did you open the URL from within Firefox? (I assume you did, but checking
anyway)

Comment 3

[Zarco Zwier]

Attachment: 69 instances of TB

Comment 4

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Zarco, do you still see problem?

Comment 5

[Joshua Cranmer [:jcranmer]]

RESO INCO per lack of response to last question. If you feel this change was made in error, please respond to this bug with your reasons why.