Closed Bug 84465 Opened 24 years ago Closed 24 years ago

Alternative email port settings

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Account Configuration, defect)

Product:
SeaMonkey
Component:
MailNews: Account Configuration
Platform:
x86
Linux
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
blocker

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
VERIFIED INVALID

People

(Reporter: keiths, Assigned: racham)

References

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Details

From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux 2.4.3-20mdk i686; en-US; rv:0.9.1+) Gecko/20010606 BuildID: 2001060622 Maybe I missed this and someone can set me straigh. I need to set ports for IMAP mail. I ssh into work and setup email on port 1110 and smtp 2500. I tried to enter this as localhost:1110 in the email setup wizard but I get an invalid hostname popup everytime. Is this a bug? If not what is the proper way to do this? If I'm setting this up wrong then I'd move this bug to docs 'cause I couldn't find any help on this. Thanks Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Bring up messenger for the first time. 2. Start the account setup wizard 3. On the IMAP screen that prompts for the mail servername type in <servname>:<port>. 4. Click OK. Actual Results: Popup dialog syaing incorrect hostname format. Expected Results: Use the given host and port to configure mail. All my other email programs allow you to set alt ports this way. Can't use email without this. As I say I setup an ssh session back into work with specific ports forwarded. I forward ports > 1024 so I don't have to be root to setup ssh. This is a blocker for me. :-(
OK, don't make fun of me, I really screwed up. The port settings weren't what I expected. So I'd close this bug. Maybe I should open another bug about the error message being shown. Invalid hostname format probably should have said something like Could not connect to host <host> on port <port>. Sorry about the screwup.
Keith, Please take a look at the bug 80855 for the description on the way valid hostnames are to be built. In your case, did you try typing the localhost for the server name and then using the port field in the server settings panel (Edit->MailNews Settings-><Your Imap Account>->Server Settings) for entering your port number (1110) ? That should probably help you. bhuvan
Resolving at reporter's request. Gerv
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Verified Invalid.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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