47835 - Changing SMTP servers may not cause state machine reset

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(MailNews Core :: Networking: SMTP, defect, P3)

Description

[Dan Mosedale (:dmosedale, :dmose)]

Set your SMTP server to obob.netscape.com, and try to send a message.

It will fail with an error message about authentication, because obob is not
configured to accept messages on an unauthenticated SMTP connect. This is fine.

Now, go set your SMTP server xwing.netscape.com; this is an example of a machine
which is configured to require a HELO handshake.  Then try and send the message.
 It will fail with an error along the lines of "Polite people say HELO first."

What seems to be happening is that despite the change in SMTP server, Mozilla is
not resetting the state machine, so it believes that it doesn't need to restart
the protocol handshake.

Comment 1

[Henrik Gemal]

This must be what's causing 47324 and 47811

Comment 2

[Scott MacGregor]

I have a fix for this. Some smtp capabilities caching code jeff checked in back
in june broke this stuff. 

Comment 3

[Scott MacGregor]

.

Comment 4

[Scott MacGregor]

Fix checked in. 

Comment 5

[varada]

I am using 2000092809 branch builds on windows and mac and linux.
I am seeing the message for non authentication appear on mac and windows but not
linux.
the HELo message is sent in all the cases

Comment 6

[jefft]

I take some of my words back. We do have cert management in place.

Comment 7

[jefft]

Oops ... Wrong bug...

Comment 8

[Navin Gupta]

verifying

Comment 9

[Navin Gupta]

works !