529377 - Impossible to create IMAP account when server name starts by "pop."

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Thunderbird :: Account Manager, defect)

Description

[Nabil Stendardo]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686 (x86_64); en-GB; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091102 Firefox/3.5.5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.6pre) Gecko/20091117 Shredder/3.0.1pre

In the new account creation settings, for servers starting by "pop." (such as in my case pop.etu.unige.ch, which also has an IMAP server), even if IMAP is selected, it still creates a POP account.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Create a new account
2.Stop the server search
3.Add a server with IMAP server name like pop.* and select IMAP.
4.Confirm the creation of the account
Actual Results:  
A POP account is created

Expected Results:  
An IMAP account is created

Comment 1

[Jason Oster (:Parasyte)]

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686 (x86_64); en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091204 Lightning/1.0b1pre Thunderbird/3.0

I see similar results here; Thunderbird assumes the account is POP3 when using the "Re-test Configuration" button. (I added a fake pop.domain.tld to my /etc/hosts file while testing, pointing to an IMAP-only server.)

There is a work-around: 

1) Set the configuration to your liking.
2) Do no click "Re-test Configuration" -- instead, click the "Manual Setup..." button
3) Verify the setup/configuration in the Account manager window that pops up. Click OK.

Comment 2

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Gentleman, the developer can't reproduce. So "If they can reproduce on 3.1, then a set of steps to reproduce would be nice. (Hopefully with test usernames and hosts.)"

Conversely, if you no longer see the bug, please close it out. Thanks.