Feature Test Spec

Written by: Peter Mock

History:
012599        Created
012899        Added extended character test
02202000    Posted to Mozilla.org

References:
UI Specification:   Composition UI spec
                            Master Messenger UI spec

Preferences
(Open the account profile preference to display the default mail compose editor window.)

1. Set the format preference for plain text editor
1. Verify that this preference can be enable this option.
2. Verify that only one preference can be enabled at a time.
3. Verify that this preference is persistent after you close the preference dialog
4. Set up multiple user accounts.  Verify you can set one account to use plain text and the other set to html editor
2. Set the format preference for HTML editor
1. Repeat the above set of tests for HTML editor.

Visual
Start a new mail message.  Verify the properties that make up the compose window.  (brief tests because area overlap with menus test specs.

1. Verify the compose window is made up of these areas:
1. Title
2. Menus
3. Addressing pane
4. Attachment area
5. Subject field
6. HTML tool bar (available only in HTML compose editor)
7. Status bar
2. Verify changes from 4.x
1. The option button has been removed from compose toolbar.
2. The option pane has been removed from the Addressing pane.
3. The attachment pane is located to the right of the Addressing area.
1. A vertical scroll bar appears in the attachment area if there are more attachment than can be listed.
2. There is a tool tip that displays the complete name of the attachment if the name is longer than the width of the attachment area.
4. The intelligent send attachment drop down menu is now located under the Message menu

Basic Functionality

1. Start a mail compose window from different communicator windows.
1. Start a new mail message from the browser window
2. Start a new mail message from the page compose window
3. Start a new mail message from the address book
4. Start a new mail message from the messenger window
5. Start a new mail message from the message window
6. Start a new mail message from a new compose window.
2. Start a mail compose window using the following methods
1. Menu items
2. Short cut key
3. Mnemonics
4. Toolbar
3. Use the modifier key to bring up the compose window opposite on what you specified as you default settings.
1. On the windows platform, use the control key.
2. On the macintosh platform, use the command key.
3. On linux platform, use the alt key.
4. Start a Plain Text compose window and create a message which contains:
1. Empty message area
2. Space
3. Multiple spaces
4. Single character (non space)
5. Word
6. Sentence
7. Paragraph
8. Extended character (accented)
5. Start a HTML compose window and create message which contains:
1. Empty message area
2. Space
3. Multiple spaces
4. Normal text
5. Bold text
6. Italic text
7. Underline text
8. Bold italic text
9. Bullet list
10. Number list
11. Indented text
12. Inserted image
13. Table
14. Color text
15. Font size
16. Add different HTML (as time permits)
6. Address mail message primary address:
1. Single address
2. Multiple address
3. Single Newsgroup
4. Multiple Newsgroup
7. Address mail message with multiple types:
1. To: and Cc:
2. To: and Bcc:
3. To:, Cc:, and Bcc:
4. To: and Newsgroup:
5. To:, Cc:, Bcc:
6. To:, Cc:, Bcc:, Newsgroup
7. Newsgroup and Follow-up to:
8. To: and Reply to:
8. Enable different message options:
1. Uuencode attachments
2. Return receipt
3. Intelligent Send
1. Send as Plain Text
2. Send as HTML only
3. Send as Plain Text and HTML
4. Fcc:
9. Compose different type of mail/new messages then
1. Save as Draft
2. Save as Template
3. Send message later
4. Synchronize mail folder
5. Go off-line

Additional Test cases

1. Set Message preference to "Send message that use 8 bit characters" -> "As is"
1. Send yourself a plain text message with no extended characters then view the page source.  All the characters should display normally.
2. Send yourself a plain text message with extended characters then view the page source.  All the characters should display normally.
2. Set Message preference to "Send message that use 8 bit characters" -> "Using the 'quoted printed' MIME encoding"
1. Send yourself a plain text message with no extended characters then view the page source.  All the characters should display normally.
2. Send yourself a plain text message with extended characters then view the page source.  All the extended characters should be converted to two characters octals.  (Example 0A)  The non-extended characters should be displayed normally.
3. Compose one or mail message that contains the following characters
1. Verify the non-extended character is displayed correctly.
2. View the Page Source, verify the non-extended character is displayed correctly.