Bug 274117 – Difficult to post a new message to newsgroups
Completely rewrite how composer headers are managed. There's now two sets of headers (with some overlap): one set is for sending an email message, the other is for posting to a newsgroup. The correct set of headers is chosen on-the-fly based on the currently selected account type. The user's "view" preferences for these two sets are stored separately, so that switching between an email account and a news account will no longer stomp on your preferences. This also eliminates the need for the "Post New Message to Folder" and "Post a Reply" actions, so they've been removed. Usenet users can now just highlight a newsgroup in the folder tree and click New or Reply, and the composer window will show the correct set of headers with the Post-To field filled in automatically. Comment #6 in the bug discusses other standard news reader behaviors we still don't get right, particularly the missing "Followup To" header. These will be dealt with separate...
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