96702 - Interrupted download causes article to be displayed as "expired"

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 95320

(MailNews Core :: Networking: NNTP, defect)

Description

[Daniel Bratell]

This is a bug I've seen probably since 1999 if not eralier but I can't find it
in Bugzilla. Now and then newsgroup posts are displayed as "expired" even though
ther most certainly are not. Trying to read them again often shows the real post.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
These steps works from time to time.
1. Go to a newgroup with several unread.
2. Press 'n' to go to an unread post.
3. Before it is loaded (within a second or so) click 'b' to go to another post.
4. Press 'n' to go back to the first post

WHAT HAPPENS
The article is displayed as expired (might need to repeat this several times to
reproduce).

WHAT IS EXPECTED
The article is displayed

Most users don't realize that the article is really there so I see this as a
kind of data loss. I've also answered several questions on n.p.m.m-n about the
"expired" posts in Mozilla.

Comment 1

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*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 95320 ***

Comment 2

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verified dup.