On Saturday 17 November 2001 12:37, DvB wrote: > Are you sure this is a problem with the debian mozilla package? I > suggest downloading 0.9.5 from ftp.mozilla.org and making sure it > doesn't have the problem before assuming it's a debian bug. Using the > builds from mozilla isn't hard... I suggest you download a tarball, then > you just unpack it in your home directory and run the start script > (./mozilla in the base directory of the tree you just unpacked. Most > everything it needs is included in the tarball). > > If you still see the problem after doing this, it's most likely a bug in > mozilla (it's still got some :-) In this case, you should download a > current nightly to see if the bug has been fixed and, if not, file a new > bug on bugzilla.mozilla.org after searching the bug database and release > notes (http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla0.9.5/) to make sure it's > not a known problem. > OTOH, if you only see the problem with the debian package, it's almost > certainly a debian-only bug and should be filed in the debian bug > database.
I did check mozilla.org and found no listing of such a bug (nor at debian either). My inclination is that it is a debian bug because it only applies to mozilla-mailnews-cvs and not mozilla-mailnews, and only email and not news at that. Moreover I cannot find a cvs version at mozilla.org anyway. > > Finally, I have had problems sending mail with mozilla but this was > because I was trying to send it through my ISP's mail server from work > and my ISP appears to check the ip address that the message is being > sent from and refuses to send it if it isn't from an IP that it owns > (to prevent spam, I assume). This, however, was a while back and I no > longer use mozilla for e-mail, having recently switched to gnus. > I do use the university's server from off-campus, but the university has an agreement to allow the use of its servers from all local ISPs for students like me who live off campus. It's never been an issue before and considering that I can send with mozilla-mailnews (and everything else) using the same setup I think I can safely discount this possibility. -- David P. James Third Year Economics Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario http://members.home.com/dpjames/ The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe. -Dr. Leonard McCoy, Star Trek IV
