Closed Bug 49484 Opened 23 years ago Closed 22 years ago

Can't fwd an email msg due to div tag in HTML signature file

Categories

(MailNews Core :: Composition, defect, P3)

Product:
MailNews Core
Component:
Composition
Platform:
x86
Windows 95
Type:
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
VERIFIED WORKSFORME

People

(Reporter: johng, Assigned: vparthas)

References

Details

(Whiteboard: [nsbeta3-] relnote-user)

Attachments

(2 files)

email msg that I can't fwd
1.17 KB, text/plain
Details
zip file of bad msg in a folder
2.90 KB, text/plain
Details 
build 2000081608, POP, Win95

In general I can fwd any message in my inbox, except for this ONE message.  I'll 
attach it.  Only things unique about this message that I could see are:

> the message has already been forwarded several times before it got to me.
> original message was written using a different email system (I think)
> when I try to forward it, the mail compose window opens but puts all except 
for the last fwd comment into an attachement (can't bring it inline).  

Reproduce steps:
>  select this particular message, click "Fwd"  
>  in mail compose window, notice that all except the last comment is attached 
as a separate file (Note, you can also use the menu to chhose "fwd inline" and 
the results are the same)
> click "Send", the dialog opens about if I want to send it as html, etc, then 
click "Send" again
> nothing happens.  It is not sent, the mail compose window just sits there.
QA Contact: lchiang → esther

    
    

    
  
mark it Netscape only - msg looks like it talks about a security problem
Group: netscapeconfidential?

    
    

    
  
Can someone try this out and see if it's reproduceable?
Keywords: nsbeta3

    
  
Whiteboard: [b3 need repro]

    
    

    
  


  

    
    

    
  
I had john send me a folder with that message in it so I could see the message 
as he was seeing it.  I reproduced the problem, so I copied the folder with the 
bad message to my 4.7 pop account and tried to forward it from there.  I get a 
Netscape error "A communications error occurred.  Please try again", and it 
doesn't send.  Not sure what the problem is, Scott do you have any ideas.  

    
    

    
  
I think I tracked this down (thanks to Peter).  The problem is in Michaell's 
signature.  In the source it shows he uses <div class="signature">, in an old 
composer bug 33213 it states using <div> causes problems.  In one comment it was 
suggested using <p> instead of <div>, so I tried that.  I edited this bad 
message in notepad, preplacing the <dev> with <p>, saved it, retrieved it.  It 
visually looked the same and I was able to Forward it.  So this could be a 
duplicate of bug 33213 but I'll let ducarroz review this and give his comments. 
 


    
    

    
  
remove b3 need repro info for evaluation by mailtriage

Great work, Peter and Esther!
Whiteboard: [b3 need repro]

    
    

    
  
<div class="signature"> was added by Message compose until few weeks ago. We 
don't do this anymore. But, I wont be surprised if somebody add a div in his 
HTML signature file. Therefore we should find a fix to this problem...
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Target Milestone: --- → M18

    
  
Summary: Can't fwd an email msg → Can't fwd an email msg due to div tag in HTML signature file

    
    

    
  
- per mail triage.  We'll release note this
Keywords: relnote3
Whiteboard: [nsbeta3-]

    
  
Keywords: relnoteRTM
Whiteboard: [nsbeta3-] → [nsbeta3-] relnote-user

    
    

    
  
can we please invalidate this bug and create a new cleansed version without the
confidential attachment.  This bug doesn't appear to have anything to do with
security.  Thanks.

    
    

    
  
this attachment doesn't appear to have any security related informaion.  Can we
please open this bug or file a new one. 
Target Milestone: M18 → ---

    
    

    
  
without comment reopening
Group: netscapeconfidential?

    
    

    
  
re-assign to varada
Assignee: ducarroz → varada
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW

    
    

    
  
Testing with Mozilla 0.9.6, this bug seems INVALID. I tested forwarding as the
three types of Inline as well as Attachment and all emails went out and came
back in properly. The following was my test message:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html lang="en" xml:lang="en-CA" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>An email.</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff">
Foo.
Bar.
<div class="signature">
See the error?
</div>
</body>
</html>



    
    

    
  
I also tried forwarding this mail and had no problems. Tried as attachment and
inline and it worked...
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME

    
    

    
  
Verified.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED

    
    

    
  
*** Bug 144732 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

    
    

    
  
Is this still a problem since it is in the 1.0 rel notes? Otherwise I would
advice it to be removed from there.
Product: MailNews → Core
Product: Core → MailNews Core

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