447761 - proxy settings should be like in firefox

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 440286

(Thunderbird :: Preferences, enhancement)

Description

[rom]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; fr-FR; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008071719 Firefox/3.0.1
Build Identifier: Thunderbird 3.0a1 (and previous)

In thunderbird, there is no "use system proxy settings".
This option has been added in firefox, and it's very useful.

Please see the attached screenshots (sorry, my firefox is in French).

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1

[rom]

Attachment: thunderbird proxy settings

Comment 2

[rom]

Attachment: firefox proxy settings

Comment 3

[rom]

PS: on the firefox screenshot, the important part is not what is selected, but the THIRD radio button :)

Comment 4

[Jo Hermans]

That was already fixed in bug 440286, a month ago.

Comment 5

[benc]

V/dupe.