Closed
Bug 476135
Opened 15 years ago
Closed 15 years ago
Clicking on bad newsgroup link messes up Thunderbird's accounts
Categories
(Thunderbird :: Account Manager, defect)
Thunderbird
Account Manager
Tracking
(Not tracked)
RESOLVED
FIXED
Thunderbird 3.0b2
People
(Reporter: standard8, Assigned: Bienvenu)
Details
(Whiteboard: [no l10n impact])
Attachments
(1 file)
1.05 KB,
patch
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standard8
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review+
standard8
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superreview+
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Details | Diff | Splinter Review |
Yesterday I clicked on the following newsgroup link: nntp://mozilla.dev.tree-management At the time it created an invalid server with a newsgroup subscribed below it. I didn't think much about it at the time (except, I guess the link is wrong), and so didn't fix it. Today when I start up, I get the account wizard displayed - its is on the second page, asking for my name and email address. I can proceed through it, however once I get to completing it, I get nothing in the three pane window, its just blank. I go to Tools -> Account Settings and everything is there. From inspection of prefs.js there is a mail.server.server8 which was added for the incorrect news link, and a line: user_pref("mail.server.server8.valid", false); If I remove that line Thunderbird starts up as normal (expect its forgotten how the folders were collapsed/expanded) and I can do work again. I expect I could have also removed the account from the account manager. Nominating for blocking as this gives a really poor user experience and can make the user think they've got a real problem.
Flags: blocking-thunderbird3?
Assignee | ||
Comment 1•15 years ago
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mrbkap just got bit by this as well. I'll look at fixing it.
Assignee: nobody → bienvenu
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Flags: blocking-thunderbird3? → blocking-thunderbird3+
Target Milestone: --- → Thunderbird 3.0b2
Assignee | ||
Comment 2•15 years ago
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the idea is that we don't bring up the account wizard unless we don't have any valid accounts; we check this by comparing the invalid count vs the total count.
Attachment #360243 -
Flags: superreview?(bugzilla)
Attachment #360243 -
Flags: review?(bugzilla)
Updated•15 years ago
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Whiteboard: [no l10n impact]
Reporter | ||
Comment 3•15 years ago
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Comment on attachment 360243 [details] [diff] [review] proposed fix Yep, that's a lot better, and the folder pane stays valid as well so we don't loose the expanded/collapsed state.
Attachment #360243 -
Flags: superreview?(bugzilla)
Attachment #360243 -
Flags: superreview+
Attachment #360243 -
Flags: review?(bugzilla)
Attachment #360243 -
Flags: review+
Assignee | ||
Comment 4•15 years ago
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fix checked in.
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
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