Thunderbird hardcodes the SMTP server to smtp.domain.tld

[Antti Kaijanmäki]

When trying to create a new account Thunderbird hardcodes the SMTP server to SMTP.domain.tld. There are mail systems where host smtp.domain.tld does not exist and the outgoing server is something else (in my case mail.tut.fi) and Thunderbird can't create a account for those.

This can be worked around by adding smtp.domain.tld to /etc/hosts, but that's not an option for regular users.

$ host smtp.tut.fi
Host smtp.tut.fi not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)

$ host mail.tut.fi
mail.tut.fi has address 130.230.162.20
mail.tut.fi has address 130.230.162.19

 cat /etc/hosts |grep tut
130.230.162.19 smtp.tut.fi

$ LC_ALL=C aptitude show thunderbird |grep Version
Version: 6.0~b3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu2

[Antti Kaijanmäki (kaijanmaki)]

Oh, the UI is just confusing.. At first sight it seems that the mail server comes from the left side of the input boxes because the input boxes are pre-filled with ".domain.tld".

So, now this is only a matter of UI feature request (make it more clear).

[gf (gf-interlinks-deactivatedaccount)]

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

You made this bug report in 2011 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 831535

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)]

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