Closed Bug 60017 Opened 24 years ago Closed 24 years ago

Clicking on Link Produces no result

Categories

(Core Graveyard :: Networking: FTP, defect, P3)

x86
Linux
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 25014

People

(Reporter: iShaterin, Assigned: asa)

References

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Details

1. Open to the above URL
2. In the body of the text click on the link "Netscape FTP server"

Error- The browser tries to do something but then just stops.

Expected Behavior- Some sort of message ought to be displayed.

Regression- This is probably a result of either Netscapes FTP server being
overloaded and a connection cannot be established or because the link is
invalid.  In Netscape 4.75 a dialog is displayed with the following message:

"Netscape is unable to find the file or directory named
/pub/netscape6/english/6.0/.  Check the name and try again.    OK

Some sort of message ought to be displayed for this case, otherwise the user is
left with no idea why the connection failed, and blame mozilla rather than
realizing that this is a problem with either the link or the site being linked to.

Build 2000111106,  RedHat 7.0, kernel 2.2.16-22 i686, XFree86 4.0
*** Bug 60019 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
we should display a Unable to/Cannot find server or DNS Error page or dialog. I
think ther eis a bug on this already
dup of 25014 "[RFE] Inaccessible file/directory not handled??"

(by way of bug 37367 "Need error message when ftp directory or file does not exist")

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 25014 ***
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Verified dupe; although the example FTP link now works, I've observed this
behavior on at least a dozen other bad links.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Component: Browser-General → Networking: FTP
Product: Core → Core Graveyard
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