The 'check for support types' button doesn't report errors
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Evolution |
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Medium
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evolution (Ubuntu) |
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Low
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: evolution
The 'Check for supported types' button in the network configuration tabs in the account editor is supposed to ping the remote server and check which authentication types are supported; however, if a connection could not be made to the server, nothing is reported to the user and all authentication types are marked as being supported.
At the very least unresolved hostnames, connection failures etc should be reported (as otherwise the first the user realises that an incorrect hostname has been typed in is later when they try to access their email). Also, given that the drop-down is erroneously marked as supporting all authentication types, there are potential security implications.
This is with 2.22.3.1 on Heron.
Changed in evolution: | |
status: | Unknown → New |
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importance: | Unknown → Medium |
Thanks for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments here: http:// bugzilla. gnome.org/ show_bug. cgi?id= 545470
There is an error added to the statusbar on the current intrepid version but that's not obvious