remove the hard coded "news.mozilla.org" from nsNewsUtils.cpp and truly support multiple news servers. as as side effect, having a news host other than news.mozilla.org will actually crash on you. I've got the code in my tree, waiting for review and approval

the fix is in. Now you can do stuff like this (in your prefs50.js file): user_pref("mail.accountmanager.accounts", "account2,account3,account4"); user_pref("mail.account.account1.server", "server1"); user_pref("mail.account.account1.identities", "id1"); user_pref("mail.account.account2.server", "server2"); user_pref("mail.account.account2.identities", "id1"); user_pref("mail.account.account3.server", "server3"); user_pref("mail.account.account3.identities", "id1"); user_pref("mail.account.account4.server", "server4"); user_pref("mail.account.account4.identities", "id1"); user_pref("mail.server.server2.type", "nntp"); user_pref("mail.server.server2.hostname", "news.mozilla.org"); user_pref("mail.server.server2.directory", "/u/sspitzer/mozillanews"); user_pref("mail.server.server3.type", "nntp"); user_pref("mail.server.server3.hostname", "news.mcom.com"); user_pref("mail.server.server3.directory", "/u/sspitzer/mozillanews"); user_pref("mail.server.server4.type", "nntp"); user_pref("mail.server.server4.hostname", "news"); user_pref("mail.server.server4.directory", "/u/sspitzer/mozillanews"); and it will work. (Note, that isn't a complete prefs50.js file. see http://www.mozilla.org/mailnews/smoketest.html for more details...) reviewed by alecf. approved by choffman.

Note: confirmed fixed on Linux 4_30. Will officially mark as fixed ASAIgetachance to confirm on Win & Mac. This fix only covers displaying the news servers in the folder pane with proper labels and putting the news .msf files in the directories specified by the preferences. (Message display isn't there yet.)

Verified, 5_3 Win95.