Closed Bug 1721616 Opened 4 years ago Closed 4 years ago

Filter action to tag a message isn't processed, when the tag action is not the first action

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Filters, defect)

Thunderbird 91
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

RESOLVED INVALID

People

(Reporter: Thunderbird_Mail_DE, Unassigned)

Details

In Thunderbird 78 and in 91 Beta 2 the filter action to tag a message fails (is not processed), if another action is before the tag action.

STR:

  1. Create a filter with 2 actions, which should be run on new arrived messages:
    • tag message
    • move message
  2. Receive a message on which the filter should be applied.

If the actions order is 1. "tag message" and 2. "move message" the message will be tagged and moved as expected.
If the actions order is 1. "move message" and 2. "tag message" the message will only be moved, but not tagged.

Users wouldn't expect that the tag action will fail because of the actions order.

During further tests I noticed that the facts are different from what I described at the beginning.

If there is ONE filter with several actions, then the actions will be carried out correctly.

If you instead define several filters with individual actions each, which should be processed one after the other, then the tagging of the e-mails fails. So it is "only" important for users that they do not move the message and than tag it through separate filters. They have to use the ONE filter with multiple actions.

I have therefore decided to close the bug as invalid.

Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 4 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
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