777631 - [10.8] SMTP doesn't work after upgrading to Mountain Lion

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(MailNews Core :: Networking: SMTP, defect)

Description

[Matthew N. [:MattN]]

Some users on MozillaZine report that SMTP now longer works in Thunderbird after upgrading to OS X Mountain Lion.  I'll have the users give more details here but wanted to get this on the radar ASAP.

Comment 1

[Matthew N. [:MattN]]

(Quoting tonyfirshman's answers to my questions)
> What error messages show in Tools > Activity Manager when this happens?

> What error messages show in Tools > Error Console when this happens?
None

> Does this apply to all SMTP servers?
Yes

> Does it happen for every sent message?
Yes

> Have you tried disabling the OS X firewall temporarily to see if that resolves the issue?
Doesn't help

> What version of Thunderbird are you running? Does it also happen on Alpha/Beta/Nightly builds?
14.0 production

> Does a re-install or new profile of Thunderbird solve the problem?
Download and "re-install" cured. Interestingly both new and old are "14.0". The installation was a drag to Applications, and I got a warning saying the 'new' .app was older.

Comment 2

[Matthew N. [:MattN]]

I would guess this is related to Gatekeeper/Signing (bug 756830) or Thunderbird being put into an OS X sandbox.

To anyone else who can reproduce this, it would be useful to gather the following information so this can be fixed without requiring a re-install:

* What error messages show in Tools > Activity Manager when email won't send?
* What is output when "spctl -a /Applications/Thunderbird.app" is run in Terminal?
* What is output when "xattr -l /Applications/Thunderbird.app" is run in Terminal?
* Make a backup of Thunderbird.app or rename it then re-install Thunderbird.  Repeat the last two Terminal commands on the new Thunderbird.app so we can see the differences. 
(update the path to Thunderbird.app accordingly)

Comment 3

[Nomis101]

Regarding to the comments of discussions.apple it also doesn't sometimes work for Apple Mail.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4138678
So I think this is more likely an Apple Bug. Have somebody filled a Bug with Apple for this?

Comment 4

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

This is the last open issue blocking bug 760985.  Is it still the concensus that this is/was an Apple bug?

Comment 5

[Matthew N. [:MattN]]

I forget what this bug is all about but I doubt many OS X users are *upgrading* to Mountain Lion at this point so it's probably fine to resolve as WONTFIX/INCOMPLETE.

Comment 6

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

excellent point