Closed
Bug 131013
Opened 23 years ago
Closed 21 years ago
Import folders from Outlook containing hash sign (#) or slash (/) results in error ["cannot create proxy objec"]
Categories
(MailNews Core :: Backend, defect)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
RESOLVED
FIXED
mozilla1.8alpha4
People
(Reporter: vhou, Assigned: cavin)
References
(Blocks 1 open bug)
Details
From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Q312461)
BuildID: 2002031104
I receive a could not create proxy folder error when attempting to import
folders that contain non-alphanumeric characters (#,/,etc). The cause appears
to be the inability to create the temporary folders required during import for
these folders due to restrictions on the Windows operating system for folder
names.
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create folder in Outlook with / or # sign (or any sign not allowed by the
Win32 filesystem)
2. Attempt to import Outlook folders from Mozilla
3. Observe proxy error.
Actual Results: Error displayed.
Expected Results: Import should have succeeded.
Since Mozilla stores folders as files, files cannot contain symbols restricted
by the Win32 filesystem. This may or may not be an advantage for the mailer,
though it may affect folders that use irregular symbols.
A workaround is to rename the folders to remove these characters before
importing.
Comment 1•23 years ago
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-> Cavin, looks like an import problem.
Assignee: bienvenu → cavin
Component: Mail Database → Mail Back End
*** Bug 143482 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
from bug 143482 comment 1, by cavin@netscape.com:
"There are a few bugs related to not being able to create local folders with
special chars (for example, bug 120559) and we'll have to deal with them all at
the same time. So it's a general folder creation problem and not caused by the
import code."
Updated•23 years ago
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Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Comment 4•22 years ago
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*** Bug 180315 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5•22 years ago
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*** Bug 176589 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Updated•22 years ago
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Blocks: folders-with-special-characters
Summary: Import folders from Outlook containing hash sign (#) or slash (/) results in error → Import folders from Outlook containing hash sign (#) or slash (/) results in error ["cannot create proxy objec"]
Comment 6•22 years ago
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*** Bug 127486 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 198921 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 8•22 years ago
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*** Bug 203530 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 9•22 years ago
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*** Bug 210971 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 10•22 years ago
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*** Bug 216410 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 11•22 years ago
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Please also see description under bug 216410 (marked as duplicate). That bug
complains that it takes several minutes to fail. The failure could/should be
detected immediately.
Comment 12•21 years ago
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*** Bug 207651 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 13•21 years ago
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*** Bug 218875 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 14•21 years ago
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*** Bug 242875 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 15•21 years ago
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Additional observations:
Observed in w95, w98, XP, with Mozilla 1.6 and spiffy new Thunderbird 0.6.
My folder had a pound (#) in the name, and the actual import was successful.
(showed 80 messages imported) However, selecting the imported folder resulting
in the hourglass appearing, but no further activity would ever occur until I
selected another box. I got no error message of any kind... just the hourglass.
I think this is inappropriate behaviour.
Renaming the imported box caused the index to be built immediately, and all was
good again.
This caused a showstopper for me trying to convert someone away from OE.
I think it should be notched up in severity.
Comment 16•21 years ago
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*** Bug 251981 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 17•21 years ago
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I just checked in something for Bug #219586 which should fix this
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 21 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Target Milestone: --- → mozilla1.8alpha4
Updated•20 years ago
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Product: MailNews → Core
Updated•17 years ago
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Product: Core → MailNews Core
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