340834 - check this folder for new messages option for IMAP folders casues two or more login/logon prompts on start

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 338549

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[greg crichton]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20060607 Minefield/3.0a1 Mnenhy/0.7.4.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20060607 Minefield/3.0a1 Mnenhy/0.7.4.0

If one or more IMAP folders are marked, under their properties, to "check this folder for new messages" and Thunderbird restarted then a prompt for the password is duplicated for each marked folder.
The first prompt logs in but the others, hidden behind, are not dismissed and need to be cancelled.
tested also with fresh trunk build and fresh profile.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Flag two, or more, IMAP folder properties for "check this folder for new messages"
2. Restart Thunderbird


Actual Results:  
You will have the same number of password prompts as the flagged folders (one is, naturally, for Inbox).
They need to be dismissed manually even if one excepts the password.

Expected Results:  
Either display only one prompt if it is the same IMAP account or gracefully close the ones behind on successful logon.

Comment 1

[greg crichton]

(In reply to comment #0)
tested build ID:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20060608 Thunderbird/3.0a1 Mnenhy/0.7.4.0 ID:2006060804

and a clean Thunderbird 20060608 (built from 20060404 with incremental updates due to js3250.dll crash problems with nightly build)

Comment 2

[Nelson Bolyard (seldom reads bugmail)]

I see this with IMAPS

Comment 3

[David :Bienvenu]

this is probably because of the new thread/event queue stuff - there's already a bug open on the multiple password prompts, I believe.

Comment 4

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Yes, bug 338549.