217532 - Imap folder that only contains sub-folders is ignored in subscribe dialog

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(MailNews Core :: Networking: IMAP, defect)

Description

[Hubert Daugherty]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030529
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030529

I use an IMAP server directory, with subdirectories.

In this server directory I have one directory that only contains directories, no
folders.  When I go to the subscribe pop-up, this directory containing only
subdirectories is not presented.  Other directories containing both folders and
subdirectories are presented.

If I uncheck the "show only subscribed folders" in the "advanced Imap server
settings" pop-up, then the directory and the subdirectories are correctly
displayed in the main mail presentation sidebar.  But, the directory containing
only subdirectories is still not presented in the subscribe pop-up.

The "server supports folders that contain sub-folders and messages" option is
checked.

While investigating, I created a mail folder in the directory containing only
subdirectories and VOILA!, everything worked correctly.



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
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Expected Results:  
The subscribe dialog should present all subdirectories in the IMAP mail
directory, not just the ones containing mailfolders, on the assumption that
drilling into the diretory (and any subdirectories) will eventually result in a
mail folder that can be subscribed.

Comment 1

[David :Bienvenu]

could you attach an imap protocol log by following these instructions? thx.

http://www.mozilla.org/quality/mailnews/mail-troubleshoot.html#imap

Comment 2

[Hubert Daugherty]

Attachment: Log showing missing subdirectory

connected to IMAP server with "show subscribed folders only" checked.
Went to subscribe dialog.  The directory "past" was not displayed.  

The "past" directory contains subdirectories that contain folders.

Then I unchecked "show subscribed folders only".  A few moments later, the
folders list refreshed and the "past" directory appeared on the side bar and I
was able to drill down to the subdirectories.

When I re-entered the subscribe dialog, the "past" directory was not displayed.


Then I closed Mozilla and sent this log file.

Comment 3

[David :Bienvenu]

One possibility is because when we do this:

list "" "Mail/%/%"

we get back 

* LIST (\NoSelect) "/" Mail/Past/

* LIST (\NoSelect) "/" Mail/Past/1996

that might confuse the subscribe UI.

Also, do you set your IMAP server directory to "Mail" or "Mail/" ?

Comment 4

[Hubert Daugherty]

I use the single word "Mail", no trailing slash

Comment 5

[David :Bienvenu]

Can you try adding a trailing slash and let me know if it works? Also, I've
redone some of this code since the 05/29 build so at some point you'll need to
download a new build. However, with a new build, until I fix it, you will *need*
to add a trailing slash.

Comment 6

[Hubert Daugherty]

I went in and unsubscribed to all of the folders in the subdirectories of /Past.
 Then I changed the mail folder string to "mail/", saved, and exited Mozilla.

Upon restarting, the "Past" directory is not shown in the subscribe dialog.

Hubert

Comment 7

[David :Bienvenu]

Attachment: potential fix

I can't reproduce this problem with any of my servers, or by putting in
debugging code, but this patch makes it so we strip off the trailing delimiter
from LIST responses for the subscribe UI like we do for the folder pane.

Comment 8

[David :Bienvenu]

fix checked in - can you try a 1.6 build? thx.

Comment 9

[Hubert Daugherty]

How do I obtain a built copy of 1.6?  I went and got a
"daily" build and it's version is set to 1.5b.

Hubert

Comment 10

[David :Bienvenu]

download a "nightly" build from www.mozilla.org tomorrow.

Comment 11

[Hubert Daugherty]

I downloaded and installed build ID: 2003091209 and the problem is still there.
 The list display on the folder pane works correctly, but the subscribe dialog
does not display the "directory containing only directories".

Comment 12

[David :Bienvenu]

would it be possible to give me temporary access to this server?

Comment 13

[David :Bienvenu]

this really has been fixed now, in 1.7