"Send Message Error - Sending of message failed" Another example of error message that first sounds very easy to understand and actually provides more helpful information than your average "there is an error" - error message. This time the error message provides more details about reason of this error (unable to open the temporary file) and gives an advice what to do (check your 'Temporary Directory' settings). So what could possibly be wrong about it? Well again the problem lies in the context where this error message appeared. In this case user was importing some mail to Thunderbird when this error message appeared, which becomes quite apparent considering the clues like "Import Wizard", "Importing..." and "The following items are currently being imported...". So why is this error message talking about sending a message when user is actually importing messages? Is the error message just confusing the user by using different terminology (importing vs. sending) or is it just stock error message that is used instead of non-existing import error message? Is the helpful information in the error message just a red herring that will send users to change their temporary file settings in vain?
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