77387 - Message fails to load in msg pane if mail start page is set to WSJ

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(MailNews Core :: Backend, defect)

Description

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

This was originally reported as bug 38242.  Filing a new bug without
username/password information. If you have access to netscape confidential bugs
you can still get this information from bug 38242.

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Message fails to load in msg pane if mail start page is set to WSJ

(related to bug 15093)

Build Date & Platform Bug Found: 
 win32 commercial seamonkey build 00050412-m16 installed on Dell P500, Win98
 macos commercial seamonkey build 00050412-m16 installed on G3/400, MacOS 9.04
 linux commercial seamonkey build 00050412-m16 installed on P200, RedHat 6.1

Overview Description: 
  If you load the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) page as your mail start page, you 
can not view messages in the message pane.  You can open and close the messenger 
window but the WSJ page continues to load.  

You can work around the problem by double clicking on the mail thread to open it 
in a standalone message window.

Steps to Reproduce: 
0) To reproduce this problem, you must have an account on the WSJ and have saved
the login & password.  <snip>. login: xxxxx, passwd: xxxxx
1) In 4.7x, edit the prefs.js file and add the following user pref:
   user_pref("mailnews.start_page.url",
"http://interactive.wsj.com/edition/current/summaries/front.htm");
2) Login to WSJ. (enter login: xxxxx and password: xxxxx)
   The page should load.
3) Exit 4.7x

4) In 5.0, migrate your 4.7 profile
5) Open Messenger
6) Login into mail
   I was using IMAP
   Messenger should launch and the Wall Street Journal web page is displayed in
the message pane.  It should automatically logged you in through the cookie
file.
7) Select any mail message
   The message fails to load.

Actual Results: 
 The WSJ page remains loaded in the message pane.

Expected Results: 
 The message I requested should load.

Additional Builds and Platforms Tested On: 

Additional Information:
 Let me know if you have trouble reproducing problem.  <snip>


------- Additional Comments From [e-mail] 2000-05-04 18:55 -------

Changing qa assigned to [e-mail]

Changing to Netscape Confidential b/c we have login and password listed in this 
bug report.



------- Additional Comments From [e-mail] 2000-05-04 23:16 -------

This may be true of any other page set as the start page which requires logging 
into.

Is there no other way at all to view contents other than the standalone window? 
ie. this isn't just a one/first time thing?



------- Additional Comments From [e-mail] 2000-05-05 10:31 -------

fyi,
 If I change the start page to another url say http://www.thecase.com that 
doesn't require a login and password, I not see this problem.  



------- Additional Comments From Seth Spitzer 2000-05-14 21:50 -------

having a mailnews start page that requires a password seems rare enough to move 
this to m18.

I don't think this is nsbeta2.



------- Additional Comments From [e-mail] 2000-05-23 19:50 -------

Putting on [nsbeta2-] radar.  



------- Additional Comments From Seth Spitzer 2000-12-22 14:16 -------

clearing milestone, m17 and m18 are meaningless now.  these need to be triages
along with the rest.

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Comment 1

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

WFM. Tested with tbird 2.0 beta