433726 - Sending a message without any recipient doesn't show an correct error message

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 431217

(Thunderbird :: Message Compose Window, defect)

Description

[Geert Poels]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.14) Gecko/20080418 Ubuntu/7.10 (gutsy) Firefox/2.0.0.14
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A message requires at least one recipient. 
Instead of trying to send the message and then showing an error dialog, the check should happen right away.
(just like the detection of an empty subject)


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1

[Josh Geenen (:pi)]

I can verify this on Thunderbird version 3.0a2pre (2008051403) also in 32-bit Ubuntu 8.04, although the bug probably exists on all platforms.

Possible duplicate (alternative solution): bug 431217/bug 104973

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Make a new message leaving the recipient blank (the content--if any--of the subject and message are irrelevant)
2.  Click Send
3.  An error message appears after the Sending Message window appears:
"Sending of message failed.
No recipients were specified. Please enter a recipient or newsgroup in the addressing area"

Possible solutions:
This bug - Verify the presence recipients earlier (before the Sending Messages window appears with "Assembling Mail Information")
Bug 104973 - Disable send button until a valid recipient is present

Notes:
The form of the recipient seems to be checked before the Sending Message window appears.

Comment 2

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Probably best to dupe to bug 431217.