Open Bug 64142 Opened 24 years ago Updated 2 years ago

when running a news:group url, pop up a dialog that allows a user to choose server

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(MailNews Core :: Backend, enhancement)

Product:
MailNews Core
Component:
Backend
Type:
enhancement

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(Not tracked)

Milestone:
Future

People

(Reporter: sspitzer, Unassigned)

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(Depends on 1 open bug, Blocks 2 open bugs)

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4.x would put the group on the default news server. we don't have default news servers yet. even when we do, this would be a nice feature. we could allow the user to pick a news server, or create a new one, or cancel. obviously, the design still needs to be done. the current behaviour is: 1) use the first news server FindServer() returns. if there are none 2) use "news", and pop up the account wizard. the user can change the hostname in the account wizard.
accepting, marking future.
Severity: normal → enhancement
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Depends on: 41146
Target Milestone: --- → Future
QA Contact: esther → stephend
Blocks: 108948
*** Bug 264849 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
Assignee: sspitzer → mail
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
Assignee: mail → nobody
Component: MailNews: Main Mail Window → MailNews: Backend
Product: Mozilla Application Suite → Core
QA Contact: stephend → backend
Hardware: PC → All
Blocks: 327885
This is NOT a duplicate of bug #224335. This bug refers to the situation when the user has not yet subscribed to a newsgroup. In this case, the newsgroup does not exist in any server account. Bug #224335 refers to a problem when a user has already subscribed to a newsgroup. Selecting a link to that newsgroup does not work even though the newsgroup appears in the list of subscribed newsgroups for a server for which an account exists.
Product: Core → MailNews Core
Depends on: 324353
Severity: normal → S3
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