Observed with Parallel installation of Master "LibO-dev 3.5.0 – WIN7 Home Premium (64bit) English UI [(Build ID: 308b7a2-e916bf9-9c6ea62-e1a2fb3)] (daily/MinGW_cross-compilation 2011-10-18_22.56.49)". Steps to reproduce: 1. Open new WRITER document 2. Menu 'Tools -> Options -> Writer -> Mail Merge E-Mail' 3. Insert your settings as usual incl. Server Authentication 4. Click <Test settings> Expected: Success Actual: Message, please see below! Message: LibO-dev could not connect to the outgoing mail server. Check your system's settings and the settings in LibO-dev. Check the server name, the port and the secure connections settings -- component context fails to supply service com.sun.star.mail.MailServiceProvider of type com.sun.star.mail.XMailServiceProvider: loading component library failed: file:///C:/Users/Public/Documents/Ressourcen/LibO/master~2011-10-18_22.56.49_LibO-Dev_OOO350m1_Win_x86_install-arc_en-US/LibO-Dev_OOO350m1_Win_x86_install-arc_en-US/LibO-dev%203.5/program/../Basis/program/pythonloader.uno.dll Might be related to or DUP of "Bug 40516 - MAILMERGE: Server Authentication test fails"
As discussed during TSC call: Blocks "Bug 41883 MinGW port Most Annoying Bugs"
Reproducible with parallel installation of MinGW Master "LibO-dev 3.5.0 – WIN7 Home Premium (64bit) English UI (Build ID:fba911f-2fcbe65-8b4f344-3bd0388) (daily/Win-x86@7-MinGW/master/2011-11-25_08.14.45)" Works fine with MSVC Server installation of Master "LibO-dev 3.5.0 – WIN7 Home Premium (64bit) ENGLISH UI [(Build ID: 4f11d0a-adcf6d5-c4bb9bd)]" Windows_2008R8 - 111118)
*** Bug 45078 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
The MinGW port is not maintained any more.