323677 - Migration of Netscape 7.2 to Thunderbird 1.5 Missing Something?

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 143123

(Thunderbird :: Migration, defect)

Description

[Lance Landon]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20051111 Firefox/1.5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20051111 Firefox/1.5

Thunderbird 1.5  appears to have copied all settings from Netscape 7.2 in my examination and direct comparison of the Setup settings. Thunderbird does not ask for a password so that the next step of viewing incoming Netscape Webmail can be accomplished.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Setup of both email clients accounts appears to be the same.
2. Only Setup difference is where to save drafts: Netscape is in Local Computer Mail & Thunderbird is directed to the Netscape webmail folder [Netscape Server].
3. Netscape 7.2 asks for my password(s) and then provides my email, Thunderbird 1.5 does not prompt for a password and also prompts [Alert] that it cannot connect.

Actual Results:  
Start with a working netscape 7.2 client that has multiple Netscape Webmail accounts; then install a new installation of Thunderbird [v1.5] (with any previous Thunderbird removed) and import the Netscape 7.2 accounts. Now see if Thunderbird 1.5 indicates a connection: if you get a connection established, you are doing better than I am. Next, attempt to open one of the accounts, in my instance, I should be prompted for my password for one of my specific accounts that I am trying to open and view.

Expected Results:  
My expectation would be as with Netscape 7.2:  The connection would be completed without notice [however, a notification of connection would be OK] and a prompt for my individual Netscape Webmail account password [accessed by me, one at a time] would display in a small window where I would enter the password. The new mail would be loaded on the email client [not the hard drive, unless temporarily], for Netscape or Thunderbird.

Expected Result:  Would be identical or almost exactly the same to the sequence of events in Netscape 7.2, resulting in access to my Netscape Webmail accounts. Also Note: I am using Verizon 1.5MB DSL transparently with no Verizon software installed. My Verizon webmail is forwarded to one of my Netscape accounts. Themes Used with no change in effect: Thunderbird (Default) 2.2 & CrossOver 2.2

Comment 1

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin] (away until Aug 10)]

Netscape webmail in supported only in netscape, not in mozilla.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 143123 ***