176998 - Messages moved out of a folder reappear

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(MailNews Core :: Backend, defect)

Description

[bugzilla]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.2a) Gecko/20020910
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.2a) Gecko/20020910

It appears that moved messages don't get purged from the old storage file,
and/or message flags like 'read' don't always stick. Between sessions, messages
that should no longer be in one folder reappear unread while still available
(read) in the other folder.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
I have a fairly large mail archive (3-4 years) and every now and then move
messages around between different folders. When I move a large chunk from Trash
to the self-defined Archive->Trash2001 folder, and close&exit Moz, the Trash
storage file still contains all the moved messages (i.e. it was not purged). The
old mails sometimes reappear unread, when I delete a new mail to Trash.
Actual Results:  
Mail is not purged/deleted from the storage file.

Expected Results:  
Moved mail should be purged from the old storage file, for example when closing
MailNews or closing Moz.

I use a custom store folder (under MyDocs) with subdirectories for each account.

Comment 1

[t.orf]

I've got that problem with 
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130 
(with the default mail directories)

Comment 2

[[e-mail] (gone - use [e-mail] instead)]

Have you tried compacting the folders and also emptying the trash?

Comment 3

[t.orf]

You're right, compacting the folder solves it.

Comment 4

[[e-mail] (gone - use [e-mail] instead)]

--> esther (compacting folders), I'm pretty sure this is expected behavior, but
I could be wrong...

Comment 5

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 6

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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