(In reply to Tony Mechelynck [:tonymec] from comment #86)
> Actually, a better label would be CONFIRMED rather than NEW. That's what NEW
> really means, it does not refer to the bug's age.
I am very well aware of that; my point was to draw attention to an
unacceptable quality control, record-break
The bug is present in Thunderbird 24.2.0 running on Kubuntu 12.04.4.
Running nscd appears to work around the issue, but I haven't tested it
thoroughly for side effects.
I find it somewhat ironic that a nearly nine year old bug of this
magnitude has status: NEW.
Software versions (all from Ubuntu
