Activity indicators never stop after selecting a newsgroup folder.
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| thunderbird (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: thunderbird
Similar Bug(?): Bug #111856
I have thunderbird set to check Newsgroups every 30 minutes (or so). However, every time I select a folder to view, it checks the server for messages and displays "There are no new messages on the server." in the Status Bar. This isn't my issue (although the newsgroup provider might not like the extra, useless bandwidth being used).
The issue is what happens when that check is finished: The Stop icon, Status Bar progress bar, and the activity indicator on the Menu Bar all become active and do not stop until the Stop icon is pressed.
There is obviously no activity as all my mail/rss/ntp servers/feeds have all been successfully checked and the Status Bar has printed the outcome. As with the similar bug I linked to above, the Menu Bar indicator can be stopped by going into & exiting the 'Customize...' menu; however, the Status Bar progress bar and the Stop icon continue as if there is still activity.
The initial startup check; all recurring, timed checks; and any manual check does not cause this behavior. Once this behavior is produced, clicking the Stop icon will prevent it from occurring further in the current thunderbird session.
This is a general annoyance, but could cause confusion for users that do not make the connection that everything has been successfully checked.
| Micah Gersten (micahg) wrote | #1 |
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 111856, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.