[Bug 198606] [NEW] Thunderbird constantly complains when IMAP server offline

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Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: thunderbird

I have my Thunderbird configured for several IMAP servers. One of them
is only accessible from inside a certain network. Whenever I connect to
the internet outside of this network, I cannot access that IMAP server.
When this is the case, Thunderbird repeatedly complains that it cannot
contact that server. I have set that account to never check for new
messages, but the dialog boxes keep coming.

I suppose the expected behavior would be to show the "server timed out"
dialog once per server per session. After that, maybe it should put a
little warning sign next to that server's icon until it can reestablish
the connection, but it definitely should not keep popping up the same
dialog every few minutes.

$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=7.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=gutsy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 7.10"
$ apt-cache policy thunderbird
thunderbird:
  Installed: 2.0.0.12+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10.0

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Mar  4 19:13:13 2008
Dependencies:
 
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
Package: mozilla-thunderbird None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/mozilla-thunderbird.list]
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: thunderbird
Uname: Linux bigbrick 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 07:42:25 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

** Affects: thunderbird (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug

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Thunderbird constantly complains when IMAP server offline
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