Comment 114 for bug 297301

Re: Comment #111.

While the full-circle review of the problem is informative, don't use it to
justify an inadequate solution. Debugging it to see if there is a better
solution is smart -- good call. I would also like to solicit other ideas on
the user interface side when an account is not connecting properly. This is
regardless of whether gmail (or others) don't differentiate correctly between
error conditions.

I had previously suggested the use of some connection status indicator when an
account is currently in an error state. Alerts can be displayed in multiple
places such as on the toolbar, status bar, or the accounts in the All Folders
tree. Then, clicking (right clicking?) would bring up a menu or dialog to view
and resolve the alerts. Personally, I would like the indicator by the spinning
wheel in the upper right corner, but I will leave the specifics to the
Thunderbird user interface experts.