88382 - Cannot attach files from UNC paths

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 55591

(MailNews Core :: Composition, defect)

Description

[Arne Kepp]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:0.9.1) Gecko/20010607
BuildID:    2001060703

When I try to attach a file that is on an UNC path (e.g.
\\server\share\directory\file.doc) sending fails. Saving the message to drafts
does not work either. Copying the file to be attached to c:\temp and sending
from there works fine. Netscape 6.01 has the same problem (on send the
composition window is simply refreshed). Outlook Express (during the same
user-session, file-permissions etc the same) has no problems attaching and
sending the same file.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Put a file on a shared network folder.
2.New composition, make sure network folder is not mapped to a drive letter.
Browse and attach the file.
3. Press "send"

Actual Results:  On pressing send: Alert: Sendig of message failed
On closing the composition and saving to drafts: Sendig of message failed

Result: Message was not sent and not saved to Drafts.

Expected Results:  Attached and sent the file (Doh! : )

Comment 1

[Scott MacGregor]

triaging.

Comment 2

[Sheela Ravindran]

using build id: 2001062806 win98

I attached the a file from a shared network folder which did not have any letter 
mapped to the drive and did not see any sending problems.  
I opened a new compose window and select attach file.  I browse through network 
neighborhood, selected a share folder and file from that folder. I tried sending 
the message and it had no problems sending.  

Comment 3

[Sheela Ravindran]

Reporter,
Is this still a problem in recent builds?  What is your outgoing smtp server 
settings? 

Comment 4

[Arne Kepp]

Latest I tried was 0.9.1, unfortunately I will be away for a few days. I will 
get back to this on monday and try whatever build is available then.

Comment 5

[Sheela Ravindran]

this is a dup of bug 55591

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 55591 ***

Comment 6

[Sheela Ravindran]

verified as dup