Closed Bug 1301995 Opened 8 years ago Closed 6 years ago

repair imap folder clears folder. compact brings it back

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Folder and Message Lists, defect)

Product:
Thunderbird
Component:
Folder and Message Lists
Version:
45 Branch
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
major

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

People

(Reporter: jmichae3, Unassigned)

References

Details

(Whiteboard: [datalossy][dupeme]) 

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; rv:48.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/48.0
Build ID: 20160823121617

Steps to reproduce:

right-click folder, properties, repair folder


Actual results:

cleared folder of messages.


Expected results:

should have repaired the database. should have had "repair folder" as a context menu item.
workaround: compacting the folder brings the messages back.
This is an imap account?
(seems like this should be a duplicate)

Rremoved "not available in context menu" because 1. one issue per bug report please, 2. it's not a common function, and therefore it is intentionally not on the context menu by design
Severity: normal → major
Flags: needinfo?(jmichae3)
Summary: repair folder not available in context menu, clears folder → repair folder clears folder
Whiteboard: [datalossy]
it's IMAP.
Flags: needinfo?(jmichae3)
Component: Untriaged → Folder and Message Lists
Whiteboard: [datalossy] → [datalossy][dupeme]
I've done a many repairs, and never seen what you describe. The folder is initially cleared, but the folder contents are immediately re-downloaded. Makes me wonder if the mail server is behaving correctly.  Is this yahoo?  (they can be odd)
Summary: repair folder clears folder → repair imap folder clears folder. compact brings it back
(In reply to Wayne Mery (:wsmwk) from comment #4)
> I've done a many repairs, and never seen what you describe. The folder is
> initially cleared, but the folder contents are immediately re-downloaded.
> Makes me wonder if the mail server is behaving correctly.  Is this yahoo account? 
> (they can be odd)

Jim, I thought you would reply ^^

Also, you mention compact brings it back.  You mean 1. repair, then do 2. compact?
Flags: needinfo?(jmichae3)
Whiteboard: [datalossy][dupeme] → [closeme 2018-02-15][datalossy][dupeme]
Resolved per whiteboard
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 6 years ago
Flags: needinfo?(jmichae3)
Resolution: --- → INCOMPLETE
Whiteboard: [closeme 2018-02-15][datalossy][dupeme] → [datalossy][dupeme]
See Also: → 1512080
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