Closed
Bug 37673
Opened 24 years ago
Closed 24 years ago
News Subscribe dialog doesn't work for some news servers which need authentication first for subscribe newsgroups
Categories
(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, defect, P2)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
VERIFIED
FIXED
M18
People
(Reporter: bugzilla, Assigned: sspitzer)
References
Details
(Whiteboard: [nsbeta3+][nsbeta2-])
Attachments
(2 files)
I've just created a news account and checked the "use username and password" dialog. Now I highlight the newsserver and press subscribe, put are not presented with any username/password dialog are no news groups are therefor shown in the subscribe dialog.
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Comment 2•24 years ago
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this is fixed. huang, try it on news://chupacabra.mcom.com to verify.
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Target Milestone: --- → M16
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Comment 3•24 years ago
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This never worked for me. Using build 2000051008 to connect to a Netscape Collabra Server 3.54 protected with username and password. I'm just presented with the Subscribe dialog. I checked the "username and password" checkbox when creating the account.
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
Resolution: FIXED → ---
Comment 4•24 years ago
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Can you try on today's noon build? I did see the "username and password" dialog displayed, but the newsgroups list didn't display from the subscribe dialog yet.
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Comment 5•24 years ago
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I haven't tried specifying the username / password at account creation time. that would affect the uri, I'll try that. when you create the account, don't specify the username / password, and see if subscribe works for you. (You'll get prompted for it.)
Comment 6•24 years ago
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1) I did see the newsgroups display on our internal news server instaed of typhoon news server 2) By selecting always use user name/password, it is also working on internal news server (poisonivy.mcom.com)
Comment 7•24 years ago
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Which platform are you using?
Comment 8•24 years ago
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Mass moving M16 to M17 - look for nsbeta2 before anything else.
Target Milestone: M16 → M17
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Comment 9•24 years ago
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these are all subscribe bugs. accepting.
Status: REOPENED → ASSIGNED
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Comment 10•24 years ago
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This actually works if I use mozilla.exe -installer and have all the newsgroups imported. But if I create a new News account with the same server and try to do a subscribe I'm never presented with the username/password dialog.
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Comment 11•24 years ago
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If I do a NNTP log this is what I'm getting: 0[346240]: Next state: NNTP_RESPONSE 0[346240]: Receiving: 200 venus. Netscape-Collabra/3.54 24102 NNRP ready (posting ok). 0[346240]: received 64 bytes 0[346240]: Next state: SEND_FIRST_NNTP_COMMAND 0[346240]: Sending: LIST 0[346240]: Next state: NNTP_RESPONSE 0[346240]: Receiving: 480 Authentication required for command 0[346240]: received 39 bytes 0[346240]: Next state: NNTP_BEGIN_AUTHORIZE 0[346240]: ask for the news username 0[346240]: Next state: NNTP_ERROR 0[346240]: Next state: NEWS_FREE 0[346240]: Sending: QUIT 0[346240]: Next state: NEWS_FINISHED 0[346240]: Sending: QUIT Still no username/password dialog.
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Comment 12•24 years ago
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ok, now the dialog will pop up. (so you can use subscribe for imap & news if you haven't logged in yet.) two new bugs: 1) no error on failure to login. (see bug #41062) 2) for news, checking the "remember value" checkbox in the password dialog will cause it to fail to log in. (see bug #41063) the work around, is to not remember your username or password. since the password dialog does come up, I'm going to mark this fixed. now, to fix those other bugs.
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago → 24 years ago
Keywords: nsbeta2
Resolution: --- → FIXED
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Comment 13•24 years ago
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This is not working for me in Build 2000060120! I'm never presented with a username/password dialog. I've tried both creating brand new profiles with check and no check in the "require username" box, and it's still not working. NNTP log: 0[344110]: Next state: NNTP_RESPONSE 0[344110]: Receiving: 200 venus. Netscape-Collabra/3.54 24102 NNRP ready (posting ok). 0[344110]: received 64 bytes 0[344110]: Next state: SEND_FIRST_NNTP_COMMAND 0[344110]: Sending: LIST 0[344110]: Next state: NNTP_RESPONSE 0[344110]: Receiving: 480 Authentication required for command 0[344110]: received 39 bytes 0[344110]: Next state: NNTP_BEGIN_AUTHORIZE 0[344110]: ask for the news username 0[344110]: Next state: NNTP_ERROR 0[344110]: Next state: NEWS_FREE 0[344110]: Sending: QUIT
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
Resolution: FIXED → ---
Comment 15•24 years ago
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Putting on [nsbeta2+][w/b minus on 6/22] radar.
Whiteboard: [need info] → [nsbeta2+][w/b minus on 6/22]
Comment 16•24 years ago
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By using today's build, I retest from the new profile, it will crash at the first time, after the second time, it will display the login dialog with no check in the "require username" box. I will try on check "require username" box again.
Comment 17•24 years ago
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Wait! Henrik, we have the "always use user name/password" from 4.7 and can migrate to 6.0. But by using Netscape 6.0 new profile, I am not able to find "always use user name/password" from the Account Manager for News, where you check this from?
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Comment 18•24 years ago
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when this bug was logged, we had a "always user username" checkbox in the account wizard. since we currently don't support that feature (called push auth) I took it out of the account wizard. see bug #35832 #39862 it doesn't matter, checking or unchecking that check box never did anything anyways, which is why I removed it. I'll investigate the crashing...that is bad.
Status: REOPENED → ASSIGNED
Comment 19•24 years ago
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This bug originally described that the subscribe dialog didn't display when the news server with password protected, and then this bug turn to the login dialog didn't display...and then invloved check or uncheck "always user username"....I am thinking it's better to narrow down this problem will help developer to find the real problem....I did check the subscribe dialog mostly display, but the login dialog didn't display sometimes even I select get message, until I select the posted news messages headers from the thread...the login dialog will pop up again.....
Comment 20•24 years ago
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I mean: until I select the posted news messages headers from the thread pane, the login dialog will pop up again.....
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Comment 21•24 years ago
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These are my steps to reproduce the bug against my Netscape-Collabra/3.54 NNTP newsserver. - Create a new news account - rightclick on the news account and select Subscribe - press Refresh here I should be presented with the Login/password name but nothing. I never see any newsgroups or anything. Attached is the NNTP log
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Comment 22•24 years ago
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Comment 23•24 years ago
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I'm having the same problem with M16. I'll comment on the description of the problem by Henrik. When you create a new account, the list of newsgroups is initially empty. There is no way to use this account until you press Refresh to get the list. My newsserver is in fact the Hamster program I run locally : Here is the log of what happens on the server when clicking Refresh. 2000/06/16 15:21:33 {9b} Client 127.0.0.1:119 (404) connected 2000/06/16 15:21:33 {c6} < 200 Hamster-NNTP Vr. 1.3 (Build 1.3.18.0) ready - authentication required 2000/06/16 15:21:33 {c6} > LIST 2000/06/16 15:21:33 {c6} < 480 Authentication required 2000/06/16 15:21:33 {c6} > QUIT 2000/06/16 15:21:33 {c6} < 205 Closing connection. 2000/06/16 15:21:33 {c6} Client 127.0.0.1:119 (404) disconnected Therefore the bug seems to be that : "Getting error code 480 when issuing the LIST command, does not start the display of the subscribe dialog". I hope this will help localising the problem. PS: I suggest you include "news" in the summary, I almost entered this bug as a duplicate, because I didn't find it with "news" and "subscribe".
Comment 24•24 years ago
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My workaround at the moment for servers that needs a user/pasword identification is to run M15 to subscribe to the newsgroup and inherit the subscription the next time I run M16. That's the only way I found to get subscribed in M16.
Comment 25•24 years ago
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Adding News on the summary. Based on Henrik's 06-13 steps, I think that I am more clear now.... The way that I cannot reproduced was because I was testing for our inhouse news server with some specific password protected newsgroups, but what Henrik had is the news server totally with password protected....do we still have that kind of the news server in house? And Seth, is this bug should be tested specific password protected news server? (same as we had before -- typhoon news server?) From the news server we had in house, I can reproduce that the newsgroups didn't display completely from the subscribe dialog, but I cannot reproduce the login dialog didn't display scenario.....
Summary: Subscribe dialog doesn't work when required to enter username/password → News Subscribe dialog doesn't work when required to enter username/password
Comment 26•24 years ago
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In order to define the original problem is for some specific protected password news server problem OR the news server with checked "always use username & password" problem. Can Henrik try to use the same news server from 4.7 and UNCHECKED "always use username & password" from 4.7 newsgroup servers preference, see whether the "login dialog" is still displaying or not when you follow the 06-13 steps?
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Comment 27•24 years ago
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My Netscape 4.73 newsgroup setting is "only ask when nessesary". Do you need any server setting from my Collabra server? I'm admin on it.
Comment 28•24 years ago
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Yes. Leave it the way it is: "only ask when nessesary".
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Comment 29•24 years ago
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If I then migrate I'm correctly presented with my the newsserver and presented with first a username and then a password dialog when I open the newsserver (click the twisty). If I then select a newsgroup I'm again presented with the username and password dialog. If I the again select a posting within the newsgroup I'm again presented with the username and password dialog. Hope this helped in finding the problem...
Comment 30•24 years ago
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Cleaned up status whiteboard making beta2 minus (6/22 has passed) The dialog suggests that this is actually working in many cases, so this may indeed be a good candidate for a beta3 fix.
Whiteboard: [nsbeta2+][w/b minus on 6/22] → [nsbeta2-2]
Updated•24 years ago
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Whiteboard: [nsbeta2-2] → [nsbeta2-]
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Comment 31•24 years ago
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I'm seeing this on linux. it seems to work fine on win32. I think it has to do with parenting the password dialog on the hidden window, instead of the subscribe dialog. (the modality of the subscribe dialog may also be related.) investigating...
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Comment 32•24 years ago
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asking for nsbeta2 re-eval because this keeps biting me with my news.supernews.com account.
Whiteboard: [nsbeta2-]
Comment 33•24 years ago
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Putting on [nsbeta2-] radar. Not critical to beta2. Adding "nsbeta3" keyword for a fix for that milestone. We just would not hold beta2 for this. Sorry.
Keywords: nsbeta3
Whiteboard: [nsbeta2-]
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Comment 34•24 years ago
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the patch attached to bug #42998 includes the fix for this bug.
Comment 35•24 years ago
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For build 2000070508, this is still not working. I downloaded the talkback nightly build for today, and created a new news account with news.compuserve.com as the news server. news.compuserve.com is a password protected news server. However, opening the subscribe dialog and clicking refresh only shows the activity indicator for 2 seconds. I never get asked for my username and/or password, and I never get any newsgroups from the server.
Comment 36•24 years ago
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Ccing bienvenu & mscott -- who may take this bug when Seth is out of office...
Comment 37•24 years ago
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This problem is still occurring on today's 07-27-05-M17 commercial build Originally, I cannot reproduce this problem for in house news server. But, I did tried on external news.supernews.com news server. This problem is not only occurring on Linux, it's also occurring on Windows platform. It's not only occurring on new profile, it's also occurring on migrated profile. I think that we need to release note this for beta2 since problem is occurring on some specific news server..... adding renote2 on the keywords. And I recommend PDT: this will be a nsbeta3+ bug. too
Keywords: relnote2
Comment 38•24 years ago
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Updating the summary a little bit to specify problem is occurring for some news servers which need authentication first for subscribe newsgroups.
Summary: News Subscribe dialog doesn't work when required to enter username/password → News Subscribe dialog doesn't work for some news servers which need authentication first for subscribe newsgroups
Updated•24 years ago
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Severity: normal → major
Comment 40•24 years ago
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Karen - is there any way to subscribe to newsgroups on these particular news servers?
Whiteboard: [nsbeta2-] → [b3 need info][nsbeta2-]
Target Milestone: M17 → M18
Comment 41•24 years ago
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Typhoon server is not available in house anymore. I actually do not have the permission to access these kinds of news servers. But at least I verify on news.supernews.com that the "username and password" dialog never get displayed on 6.0 (it displayed on 4.x)....I don't know whether Seth has permission (I need to check with him after he comes back), but for sure there is problem for this kind of news server and there is no other way to subscribe to newsgroups on these particular news servers.
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Comment 42•24 years ago
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My newsserver is inhouse only, but I'm still unable to subscribe since the username/password dialog never appears. The setting my Netscape Collabra server is the: "[x] Require authentication on first connect"
Comment 43•24 years ago
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Henrik, can you tell me this news server information? Can I access the news server which you described above? And where you check "[x] Require authentication on first connect" from?
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Comment 44•24 years ago
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As I said, my newsserver is behind a firewall so no go for you to access it. The "[x] Require authentication on first connect" is at the Access Control tab under you newsserver. I'll attach a screenshot...
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Comment 45•24 years ago
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Comment 46•24 years ago
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We probably need to upgrade our news server since I couldn't find the option on our Collabra 3.5 news server, but thanks for the info, Henrik.
Comment 47•24 years ago
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Oh! I find the option from our news server now. Yes. I can also reproduce this problem by check the option from the news servre. As I said that the "username and password" dialog never get displayed on 6.0 (it displayed on 4.x), so client should handle this issue when news server with different setup!!
Comment 48•24 years ago
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provided info already. clear whiteboard.
Whiteboard: [b3 need info][nsbeta2-] → [nsbeta2-]
Comment 49•24 years ago
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+ per mail triage, P2.
Priority: P3 → P2
Whiteboard: [nsbeta2-] → [nsbeta3+][nsbeta2-]
Comment 50•24 years ago
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I'm quite annoyed this is still not solved. Another way to trigger the problem is to use the program Hamster (http://home.t-online.de/home/juergen.haible/english.htm) that works as a kind of proxy to centralize access to different news servers and requires identification of the users before retrieving the newsgroups list. By the way, if someone here is looking for a workaround this problem, there is the solution of using M15 to subscribe as I described the 2000-06-16 08:37.
Comment 51•24 years ago
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jean-marc.desperrier@certplus.com - just a fyi - the owner of this bug is on a long vacation. Also, this bug has been "nsbeta2+" with a P2 priority which means we hope to get to this for nsbeta3 soon. Thanks.
Comment 52•24 years ago
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Maybe the word I used was a bit strong. I found another workaround that makes that problem quite less annoying :-) It's to use the news://server/group url to subscribe to the group.
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Comment 53•24 years ago
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Somehow this seems to be working for me now....! I'm now asked for username and password Build 2000082708 on Win2000pro
Comment 54•24 years ago
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mark WFM now. Karen, pls verify.
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago → 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
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Comment 55•24 years ago
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Hmmm not 100% working. This is what seems to be happening: 1) I add a news server that requires username/password 2) I start the subscribe dialog 3) I'm prompted to enter username 4) I'm prompted to enter password 5) I'm getting the Done but no newsgroups 6) I press the Refresh button and the newsgroups appear!
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
Resolution: WORKSFORME → ---
Comment 56•24 years ago
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By using 08-31-09-M18 commercial build: I tried on our internal news server (poisonivy) with the "[x] Require authentication on first connect" setup, the username/password dialog did display, but after I tried to subscribed newsgroups, I got crash -- I will try on today's build again....
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Comment 57•24 years ago
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I see the crash on poisonivy, too. it's a different problem. I've got a stack trace for it, and I see how to fix it. that bug is logged as bug #51076 also accepting this bug.
Status: REOPENED → ASSIGNED
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Comment 58•24 years ago
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adding dependency on #51076, since karen and I can't reproduce this bug until that crasher is fixed. I just checked in the fix for that crasher, and now I see the exact behavior that gemal reported on 2000-09-01 00:32 I'm off to work on that now.
Depends on: 51076
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Comment 59•24 years ago
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updating status whiteboard, so it doesn't get cut.
Whiteboard: [nsbeta3+][nsbeta2-] → [nsbeta3+][nsbeta2-] working on this right now.
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Comment 60•24 years ago
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fix in hand. r=mscott. checking in soon.
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Comment 61•24 years ago
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fixed. karen, here's how I tested it: create a new profile add a new account (news on poisonivy.mcom.com) select the poisonivy.mcom.com in the folder pane select the "File | Subscribe..." menu item you'll get the username / password dialogs after entering in the correct username / password, the subscribe dialog should populate gemal, can you check against your news server?
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago → 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Whiteboard: [nsbeta3+][nsbeta2-] working on this right now. → [nsbeta3+][nsbeta2-]
Comment 62•24 years ago
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By using today's WinNT 09-05-08-M18 commercial build The username/password dialog display, and there is no crash any more. But it seems that all the newsgroups won't populate until I click the "Refresh" button. Henrik, do you see the same result for today's build?
Comment 63•24 years ago
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It seems that all the newsgroups populate well in the subscribe dialog now in our internal news sevrer: Verify on Linux 09-06-08-M18 commercial build WinNT 09-06-08-M18 commercial build Mac 09-06-04-M18 commercial build Henrik, please check this problem as well on your news server, reopen this bug if problem is still existing on your news sevrer. Marking as verifiied!!
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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Comment 64•24 years ago
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Build 2000090608 on Win2000 is working for me too!
Updated•20 years ago
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Product: Browser → Seamonkey
Component: MailNews: Subscribe → MailNews: Message Display
QA Contact: huang → search
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