134521 - Looks like we are not automatically create "Unsent Messages" folder for Pop3 account

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(MailNews Core :: Backend, defect, P1)

Description

[Jeff Tsai]

I tried to do a Message Sent Later on one of my new Pop3 account but it failed
with "Send Later Error" prompt complaining "Unable to save your message in order
to send it later. Please verify your Mail & Newsgroups account settings are
correct and try again."

Couple problems:
1) Unsent Messages folder did not created as default folder
2) The error message prompt isn't clear to how to resolve the problem.

Comment 1

[Jeff Tsai]

And Send Later for Pop3 account seems broken at the moment.

Comment 2

[Jeff Tsai]

nsMsgLocalMailFolder::InitCopyState() failed on GetPath() which in turn failed 
in nsMsgFolder::ParseURI().

Comment 3

[scottputterman]

reassigning to cavin who worked on some unsent messages folders issues.  Making
this a high priority for now.  It's not created per account, but globally, so
it's not a big deal if it's not in the Pop Account.  But the fact that it can't
find any  is a problem.

Comment 4

[Jeff Tsai]

More info:

From reading the implementation of nsMsgFolder::parserURI(), I didn't see any 
statements to set mPath variable. However, nsMsgFolder::GetPath() try to set the 
return aPath with the content of mPath.

Comment 5

[Cavin Song]

I can't seem to reproduce the problem using 2002032803 build. Here is what I 
did:

1. Created a brand new profile with a pop3 account.
2. Then logged into the pop3 server and received a few msgs.
3. Composed a new msg and clicked File|Send Later.

No error appeared at this point and the msg was saved in Local Folders\Unsent 
Messages folder. I was then able to send to message manually.

Jeff, which build were you running when you encountered the problem? Or maybe I 
missed some steps in my test.

Comment 6

[David :Bienvenu]

the other question to ask is how your profile got set up, Jeff. Was it created
with 6.0? 6.5? Imported from 4.x?

Comment 7

[Jeff Tsai]

Hmmm ... weird ... my profile should be created by 6.0 but the account were 
created using the trunk build. Is there anything special about a particular pref 
needed to be set?

Comment 8

[David :Bienvenu]

I believe there's a single send later uri that may be coming into play here. You
might attach your prefs.js or send it to Cavin/me.

Comment 9

[Jeff Tsai]

Looks like it works when I migrate 4.x prefs again with current build. Mark it 
as worksforme.

Comment 10

[Ninoschka Baca]

Verified Worksforme.
Branch build 2003-05-28: WinXP, ok. Successfully migrated a POP account and its
Unsent Messages folder appeared and was working.