100004 - Regression: IMAP Advanced Server settings disfunctional

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 113682

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Account Configuration, defect, P2)

Description

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

Reproduction:
1. Edit | Accounts... | <any IMAP server account> | Server Settings | Advanced...
2. Enter something in "IMAP server directory"
3. Uncheck "Server supports folder that contain sub-folders and messages"
4. OK (in Advanced settings)
5. OK (in Accounts Manager)6. Reopen the same Advanced Server Settings dialog.
7. Open the account in the 3pane.

Actual result:
You changes have been discarded. Neither are they visible in the settings dialog
nor are they used in the 3pane.

Expected result:
Shown, used.

Additional Comments:
- This is a regression. It doesn't happen with 0.9.2.1.
- It is a severe bug, because both are essential features for UW-IMAP.

Comment 1

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

-> qa huang

Comment 2

[scottputterman]

Ben is this still happening to you?  I can't reproduce this on the 10/16 trunk
build.  Both changes to the Server Directory and the supports folders with
folders checkbox persist for me on Windows NT.

Comment 3

[Steve Wardell]

I'm not sure if this is related or not, but I'm having a similar problem with 
trying to change where sent messages are saved. I'll change the setting and it 
will revert back to Place a copy in: "Sent" Folder on: Click here to select an 
account. I've tried repeatedly and still the value does not changed. Running 
20011105 on W2K. I also had this problem on 20011102 earlier this morning 
before I upgraded. Additionally, may or may not be related, there is a 3rd 
checkbox between "Place a copy in:" and "Bcc another address". There is no text 
next to it. Is it supported to be there?

Comment 4

[Steve Wardell]

Could this be related to Bug 108229?

Comment 5

[racham]

This works fine. Values are stored/retrieved properly. Marking WFM.

Comment 6

[Steve Wardell]

This does NOT work fine. It might be a duplicate of Bug 108229, but it does not 
work fine. See the comments on that bug.

Comment 7

[racham]

Steve,

Are you able to reproduce this bug as originally reported, not the behavior in
bug 108229..?

thanks,
bhuvan.

Comment 8

[Steve Wardell]

Actually, seems to work ok. Sorry, reclose it.

Comment 9

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

Compare post from <[e-mail]> to n.p.m.mail-news:
<quote>
I have tried with nightlies from 12/04 and 12/05, and 0.9.6 Talkback release on
Linux to change the settings for my IMAP Mail account to use a secure
connection.  I can check the box under Server Settings, but if I click Ok and
then go back into the settings, nothing is saved.

My main problem is that I cannot connect to my IMAP servers at all.  I don't get
any error messages, except for a pop up window that says "Cannot connect to server".

Pop works fine.  And I verified that I can connect to my IMAP server by using
Netscape's mailtool.

Any ideas?

Chris</quote>

Comment 10

[scottputterman]

changing it back to worksforme based on comments. 

Ben, I'm wondering if the comments you are referring to are
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=113647 which would affect boolean or
integer prefs.

Comment 11

[racham]

Checked on my linux box. Using today's most recent build, things work fine. 

Looks like couple of recent nightlies have been suffering bug 113482 and Chris
seem to have ran into the global prefs bug (bug 113482). See experts from
Alecf's comments below (extracted from bug 113682 reported about the inability
to save prefs).

------- Additional Comment #4 From Alec Flett 2001-12-05 14:40 -------
unfortunately if you used a 12-04 build, you whole prefs.js may be horked - my
recommendation would be to go edit prefs.js by hand and remove all the quotes
from your non-string prefs
(look for strings like "true" and change them to true, etc)

Marking this as worksforme.

Comment 12

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

I don't think that prefs.js probelms are relevant. prefs.js is for saving prefs
between sessions, while this problem already appeared within one session - when
reopening the dialog, you see that the changes have already been discarded.

I don't keep track with the trunk anymore, so I don't know, if this was an
intermediate problem. I can't remember, if it was a new profile or not - it's
too long ago.

Comment 13

[scottputterman]

I'm reopening.  I just saw this at home using the 12/8 build.

I go into the Advanced Server settings.  I checked the use dual use folders.  I
exit and everything works as expected.  Now if I go back and edit this pref, I
see the pref is unchecked.  There's now no way for me to turn this off.  I had
to go into prefs.js to make this allow me to use folders with subfolders and
messages.

Comment 14

[racham]

This prefs anomaly possibly linked to rootcause of bug 113682. Marking this as a
dup of that one. Will add a note there to test these settings when that one gets
resolved.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 113682 ***

Comment 15

[Karen Huang]

Verified as dup.