Invalid passwords or IMAP login errors do not trigger a comprehensive error message for existing accounts
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nextcloud-gmbh
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- JavaScript
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Description
Steps to reproduce
- Set up an account in mail
- log in
- change password or shut down your IMAP server
- try to open mail app
Expected behavior
The mail app tells you what's wrong
Actual behavior
No new emails and erros are shown
Mail app version
1.13.5
Mailserver or service
Zimbar
Operating system
unknown
PHP engine version
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Web server
No response
Database
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Additional info
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Research direction
Reproduce the existing-account flow by changing the password or stopping the IMAP server, then opening the Mail app. Trace where the failed login is surfaced and make the completed work show a comprehensive error instead of only no new messages and errors.
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Assessment
- Domain
- authentication, backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100