Closed
Bug 242596
Opened 21 years ago
Closed 20 years ago
Mozilla mail provides no way to specify which Outlook Express Identity to import
Categories
(MailNews Core :: Import, defect)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
RESOLVED
DUPLICATE
of bug 187734
People
(Reporter: psheerin, Unassigned)
Details
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7b) Gecko/20040421
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7b) Gecko/20040421
Outlook Express provides a way to have multiple identies--separate profiles that
allow multiple people (or the same person) to have completely separate e-mail
storage locations and settings. (I have used identities to separate work and
home e-mail accounts, for instance.)
Mozilla mail appears to only import the first Identity created, no matter which
one is selected in OE as the current one.
There is a work-around: OE allows you to specify which Identity will be used for
programs that don't ask. But few users are likely to notice this setting, and it
would be far easier and obvious for Mozilla to ask the user which Identity
should be used for the import. I'm not sure what the default value for this
feature is.
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create two or more separate Identities in Outlook Express, and make sure both
have e-mail in them.
2. Open Mozilla mail, and import mail from Outlook Express.
Actual Results:
Mozilla mail gives no indication of which Identity it is importing, and offers
no way to specify which one it should use.
Expected Results:
Mozilla should have queried Outlook Express for which Identities exist, and then
offered the user a choice from among that list of what mail should be imported.
I have marked the severity as Normal, for although there is a workaround, I
would not classify it as easy to find.
Dupe of bug 187734 or bug 233194 ?
Updated•20 years ago
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Product: MailNews → Core
Comment 2•20 years ago
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*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 187734 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Assignee | ||
Updated•16 years ago
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Product: Core → MailNews Core
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