368446 - TB sends to list "description" instead of to addresses from list

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Thunderbird :: Address Book, defect)

Description

[Rick Matthews]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.1) Gecko/20061204 Firefox/2.0.0.1
Build Identifier: 1.5.0.9 (20061207)

I have several address lists that are no longer usable.  When I try to send to the list, an error window pops up with the following:

'An error occurred while sending e-mail. The mail server responded 5.1.1 <"mailing list 2"> ... User unknown. Please verify that your e-mail address is correct in your Mail preferences and try again.'

where "list description" is the description field of the address book list.

The error message looks like a server response, but the server should never see the list description from TB.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Select "Write".
2. Enter name of list in "To" field.  (Autocomplete adds list description in quotes to the "To" field.)
3. Compose message and click "send."
Actual Results:  
Pop-up window:

'An error occurred while sending e-mail. The mail server responded 5.1.1 <"mailing list 2"> ... User unknown. Please verify that your e-mail address is correct in your Mail preferences and try again.'

Expected Results:  
Message should be sent.

This list was part of an address book that was exported from another user and then imported into my TB.  I have successfully used the list before.

Comment 1

[Gary Kwong [:gkw] [:nth10sd] (NOT official MoCo now)]

Reporter, does the issue still occur in the latest supported 2.0.0.x / Shredder trunk nightlies?

(1.5.0.x is now end-of-life and the latest supported 2.0.0.x is 2.0.0.16)

Comment 2

[Joshua Cranmer [:jcranmer]]

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

Comment 3

[Melchior blausand]

Had the same error with Thunderbird 3.1.10 on Windows XP 64bit SP3,
when running a load of Add-Ons.
When started with AddOns disabled, the error was gone.
I couldn't reproduce it, because trying means sending mails...
So, probably this bug is due to either one of adressContext, MoreFunctionsForAddressbook, MrTech Toolkit, StarMoveContact, Thunderbirthday, AddressBookTab, DuplicateContactManager.