thunderbird selects wrong account for forwarding email

[Rocko]

If I have several accounts set up in Thunderbird, and I receive an email, open it and select 'Forward', I expect Thunderbird to send the forwarded email from the account that received the email. eg if I receive an email in the 'Rocko' account and go to forward it, I expect it to select the Rocko account to forward the email from.

However, Thunderbird instead selects the last account added (or it might be the last account that was altered, eg by saving a new password).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: thunderbird 11.0~b2+build2-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.26-generic 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: rocko 1521 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20120217115706
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'I82801AAICH'/'Intel 82801AA-ICH with STAC9700,83,84 at irq 21'
   Mixer name : 'SigmaTel STAC9700,83,84'
   Components : 'AC97a:83847600'
   Controls : 34
   Simple ctrls : 24
Channel: beta
Date: Mon Feb 20 15:34:34 2012
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20111129.1)
IpRoute:
 default via 10.0.2.2 dev eth1 proto static
 10.0.2.0/24 dev eth1 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.2.15 metric 1
 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth1 scope link metric 1000
IwConfig:
 lo no wireless extensions.

 eth1 no wireless extensions.
NoProfiles: True
RfKill:

RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: thunderbird
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-14 (5 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: innotek GmbH
dmi.bios.version: VirtualBox
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvninnotekGmbH:bvrVirtualBox:bd12/01/2006:svninnotekGmbH:pnVirtualBox:pvr1.2:
dmi.product.name: VirtualBox
dmi.product.version: 1.2
dmi.sys.vendor: innotek GmbH

[neorg (s-launchpad-net-robgroen-nl)]

Same problem here.

Thunderbird 11.0 (Ubunu 11.10) is also uses the last added account to send a new create email. This while in I choose the correct account in the From field. I see there the account that I want to use to send the email. The mail is paced in the 2 outboxes (dir .Sent). 1) in the .Sent map of th right account and 2) in the .Sent map of the last added account.
Both email have there own sender according to the account.
The receiver only gets the email once.

How to reproduce:
--------------------------------------
Get Thunderbird 11.01
Make an (IMAP) account. #1
make a second account #2
Compose a email and select account #1 as sender in the From field.
Send the email
Take a look in both outboxes. The email is in two outboxes.
Take a look at the source of the email and see that only the From is different.

Regards,
Rob Groen

[neorg (s-launchpad-net-robgroen-nl)]

SOLVED

Damm....... After some experimentation I know what causes this problem I also got the solution.

Last week I swished in my account #1 the SMTP server from my own VPS to the one from Gmail according to account #2. In that case all email send over that SMTP gets the sender of the Gmail account.
If you think about this it's logical. It's an security issue on the Gmail SMTP that if you are using the Gmail SMTP the sender will be rewritten to the Gmail accounts setting. This is to avoid using the Gmail SMTP to send SPAM.

So this issue is NOT a BUG. It's a wrong configuration in the Client.

Regards,
Rob Groen

[gf (gf-interlinks-deactivatedaccount)]

Hello Rocko,
Thank you for submitting this bug and reporting a problem with Thunderbird.

You made this bug report in 2012 and there have been several versions of Ubuntu and Thunderbird since then.

Could you confirm that this is no longer a problem and that we can close the ticket?
Or, if it is still a problem, could you run the following (only once):
apport-collect BUGNUMBER

and upload the updated logs and and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

Thank you again for helping make Ubuntu and Thunderbird better.

G

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for thunderbird (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]