126576 - unsent messages are gone if closing mozilla before going online again

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Backend, defect)

Description

[Ilan Finci]

Hi,
If I write a mail while working offline, then sending it later, and quit
mozilla, WITHOUT going online first, the unsent mails are gone!!!

If I do go online before quiting - they are sent ok.

I've tested it with IMAP and POP3 accounts and had the same problem.

Comment 1

[grylchan]

Reporter, what is your build id? Have you tried a recent build?

I tried both 2002022003 on windows nt 4.0 and
2002022008 on linux 2.2 and I don't see this problem.

I went offline, composed some mesgs (both from imap and pop),
did a send later (stored in unsent mesgs folder), quit the
application while still offline, went back online and checked
unsent mesgs folder and the mesgs are still there.
I was then able to send the unsent mesgs.

Comment 2

[Ilan Finci]

my build is based on the CVS of Feb 14.
I will try today's CVS.

Comment 3

[Ilan Finci]

I've just checked out a copy and compiled (so my build is 2002022110) and I see
the same problem.
I don't see the composed mail in the unsent folder, and if I quit - they are lost.

I use the CVS code, with a spell checker added (from
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56301). 

I've tried without the spell checker and it did not work too.

I'm using Linux 2.2.

Comment 4

[Ilan Finci]

I've deleted my current user profile, and then created a new one. Now send later
really works.

I didn't see any significant change between the 2 profiles, except the the
original one was under ~/.mozilla/ifinci/.....
and the new one is under ~/.mozilla/default/....

can it be that save later looks in a specific path?

Any other idea what can be a difference that influance this?

Comment 5

[Ilan Finci]

found the problem: I had entries in my prefs.js that state that the folder is on
my remote server (and in accound I don't use anymore).

It might be a good idea to check such things when in offline mode (that the
folder is not remote). 

Any way - I guess the bug si closed.

Comment 6

[David :Bienvenu]

You had a pref that said your unsent messages were on the server? I didn't know
that was possible. What was the pref?

Comment 7

[Ilan Finci]

sorry - acctually it only looked to be on the server. It is actually the name of
a pop account I used to have and then deleted (long time ago).

the pref line is:
user_pref("mail.default_sendlater_uri",
"mailbox://[e-mail]/Unsent%20Messages");

(in one line)

Comment 8

[David :Bienvenu]

Cavin, do you have other bugs like this? Looks like a uri escaping problem.

Comment 9

[Cavin Song]

I think the url looks ok. See
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100854#c18 for examples for the
right urls in prefs.js for imap and local folders. For local folders we need to
escape special chars like space, '#', etc but not for imap folders:

  "imap://qatest20@nsmail-2/My Folders/New Drafts"
  "mailbox://nobody@Local%20Folders/My%20Folders/New%20Sent"

Comment 10

[grylchan]

resolving as works for me..