35746 - Msg Compose: Reply-to doesn't change when switching "from"

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(MailNews Core :: Composition, defect, P3)

Description

[laurel]

Using apr12 m15 commercial builds
Ref bug #14868

When in the message compose window, the reply-to header field doesn't change if
you change the "from" identity.  

1.  Launch a profile with at least two accounts, go to mail window.
2.  Edit each identity account settings so that each account has a different
reply-to address.
3.  Select a folder in the mail window, click New Msg.
    Note the compose window opens with Reply-to: header shown with the reply-to
address for that account filled in. 
    Do not touch this reply-to header line.
4.  In the compose window, switch the "from" identity to the other account.
    Result:  the Reply-to: header line doesn't change when switching "from"
identity.

Comment 1

[lchiang]

nominating beta2 as this could result in email being sent to the wrong account.

Comment 2

[Jean-Francois Ducarroz]

accepting

Comment 3

[leger]

Putting on [nsbeta2+] radar.  By the way, why do we put reply-to?

Comment 4

[Jean-Francois Ducarroz]

We show the reply to during message composition for the followinf reasons:

1) The user won't have any surprise with a bad/wrog reply-to setting as he/she 
cans see it.

2) The user can change the default reply-to per message

Comment 5

[selmer (gone)]

Mass moving M16 to M17 - look for nsbeta2 before anything else.

Comment 6

[Jean-Francois Ducarroz]

I have a fix for the nsbeta2+ bug 35746. But unfortunately, I get a crash in the 
Frame manager if the menulist I am trying to modify the current selection isn't 
yet visible in the addressing widget tree. For some reason, the nsIFrame passed 
to the function FrameManager::ComputeStyleChangeFor isn't valid, it's not null 
but looks like is a deleted object! 

Comment 7

[scottputterman]

marking nsbeta2- as decided by mail triage.

Comment 8

[sol]

Added keywords "nsbeta3" and "correctness" and set target milestone to m18.

Comment 9

[laurel]

possible item for b2 release notes

Comment 10

[lchiang]

nsbeta3+ per mail bug triage.

Comment 11

[Jean-Francois Ducarroz]

Fixed and checked in.

Switching identity now switch as well prefilled recipients (reply to, bcc self 
or bcc others). But we are still not switching the signature, this is covered by 
another bug.

Comment 12

[laurel]

This is basically okay using aug25 commercial build, except that Linux has some
drastic display problems with the reply-to header line, and also when switching
it. The linux display problem is covered as bug #50227.

Marking this bug verified as the switching does indeed take place.
OK using aug25 commercial build, linux rh6.0, NT 4.0 and mac OS 9.0