931791 - When creating a new sync account the validity of the email is not checked.

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: Sync, defect)

Description

[Catalin Varga [QA][:VarCat]]

Environment Used:
Firefox 24.1 ESR
Build identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/24.0
Build Id:20131021230807
OS: Windows 7 x64

Steps to reproduce:

1. Start Firefox using a new Profile.
2. Tool-> Set Up Sync...
3. Create a New Account
4. Enter an nonexistent email address that respects the email format.
5. In the remaining fields enter valid data.
6. Finish the setup wizard.

Expected:
You are prompted with an error stating that the email used is invalid.

Actual:
The account is successfully created.

Comment 1

[Richard Newman [:rnewman]]

This is by design in the current version, so resolving this.

The next version of Sync will be authenticated via Firefox Account, which does verify emails.