83549 - If Copy to Sent fails sending Unsent msgs, error text inappropriate.

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(MailNews Core :: Backend, defect)

Description

[laurel]

Using may31 commercial build

In the case where sending unsent messages succeeds, but the copy to sent folder
fails, our error message is the same as when sending Now and asks if user wants
to return to the compose window.  Well, we never do take the user back to the
compose window -- it's already closed and now it's gone from the unsent folder.

We probably should change either the error text to suggest to the user how to
keep a copy of the message or change the behavior to let them see the message
compose window again.

Found this when encountering bug 83540.

Comment 1

[Jean-Francois Ducarroz]

I wonder if I have already fixed that!

Comment 2

[Sheela Ravindran]

JFD,
This bug still exists. We still show the same dlg when we fail to copy to sent
folder and sending messages from unsent message folder that laurel mentions in
the bug. The bug I recently verified is 101828 when sending messages from unsent
message folder failed to copy to sent folder. And I remember seeing the dlg
which prompts user to go back to the compose window.   

Comment 3

[Jean-Francois Ducarroz]

Attachment: proposed fix, v1

Comment 4

[varada]

Comment on attachment 54962 [details] [diff] [review]
proposed fix, v1

r=varada

Comment 5

[Scott MacGregor]

Comment on attachment 54962 [details] [diff] [review]
proposed fix, v1

sr=mscott

Comment 6

[Jean-Francois Ducarroz]

Fixed and checked in

Comment 7

[Sheela Ravindran]

JFD,
As discussed in aim I did try to disconnect my lan connection when trying to 
send from unsent message folder. Since there is no feedback at all and I could 
not see the progress dlg(know bug)I was guessing the timing.  However the 
wording of the dlg seems to be changed.  The dlg is " Your send operation was 
successful but copying message to your sent folder failed. Please verify that 
your mail & newsgroups account settings are correct and try again. OK.

I saw mixed results with this behavior.  May be it could be because of the 
timing issue where I was trying to pull the connection.  Here are some

1.  I got the dlg and when clicking on ok did not get the compose window
2.  I got the dlg and when clicking on ok did get back the compose window
3.  When I did get back the compose window the attachment I had attached was 
missing
4.  Sometimes when I tried to close the window it prompted me to save as draft
5.  Few times it just closed without trying to let me save as draft.

Do you want me to verify this bug for just rewording the dlg. I could do that. 
But from this bug after showing the dlg should I be seeing the compose window 
come back all the time or I should not get back to the compose window at all?

Based on your comments I will verify or reopen this bug.  

Comment 8

[Sheela Ravindran]

The results I saw was because of how I was trying to fail to copy to the sent 
folder.  
Verifying this bug for dlg wording that has been changed when copying failed to 
the sent folder.