can’t delete folder in localhost email account without sync
Categories
(Thunderbird :: Folder and Message Lists, defect)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
People
(Reporter: Nick_Levinson, Unassigned)
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Details
STR:
- You may not want to do this.
- In Tbird, select an email account that is on your localhost and that is not synchronized to an account on a remote server.
- In that local account, select a folder you want to delete. (If you don't have one, you can probably make one, quit Tbird, and restart Tbird.)
- If the folder is not empty, empty it.
- Context-click the folder.
- Delete it.
Actual result: It won't delete but will show progress indicators. If it takes more than a few seconds (maybe longer if you have a huge number of emails across all folders in the account), you may see progress indication for days, including through multiple quits and warm reboots.
Expected result: Deletion within a reasonable time.
Additional info:
A kludgy solution is at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1334909 , but it's too geeky for mortals.
Possibly relevant: bug 533513.
Fedora 34 Linux, kept evergreen, with Tbird 78.10.1 (64-bit).
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Comment 1•5 years ago
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Created a folder under Local Folders. Deleted through context menu - works find. The folder went to Trash.
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Updated•5 years ago
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Comment 2•5 years ago
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It didn't go to Trash for me when I was experiencing what this thread is about, although in the past a deleted folder had gone there. The long time to make progress probably means it won't go to Trash yet and maybe progress never ends so it never gets to Trash.
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Comment 4•4 years ago
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Apparently, version 91.3.0 (64-bit) on F35 works okay.
If I can set this to something like WorksForMe, I will. If I don't have that authority, please set it so.
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Updated•4 years ago
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