ImapMail/ directory should not be roaming
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(MailNews Core :: Networking: IMAP, enhancement)
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(Reporter: BenB, Unassigned)
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The ImapMail/ directory in TB profile should
- not contain the filters file (I've accidentally deleted all my filters recently, for this very reason), and
- be in local and not roaming (esp. on Windows), because
- it's data that can normally be re-constructed from the server (via IMAP) and doesn't need another copy being copied between clients and server
- it's huge and makes roaming practically impossible (effectively breaks roaming)
The same problem exists under Linux. Having ImapMail/ in the home dir requires me to add special exceptions in the backup strategy, just for Thunderbird. Whereas there is a specific folder for this kind of data already: ~/.cache/thunderbird/<profile>/ , which can be exempt from roaming, across all applications. This matches the "local" profile on Windows. So, this change wouldn't be Windows-specific, but makes sense cross-platform.
We have the infrastructure already in place in Gecko. We just need to use it.
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Updated•4 years ago
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As I understand it you can NOT have local folders on a network location
if it was to be accessed from two computers at the same time it would
cause corruption, so having local folders in Roaming is misleading
and potentially dangerous.
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