1818775 - Unified folders view: run filters on selected messages doesn't work, but OK when run on folder

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Thunderbird :: Filters, defect)

Description

[Chris]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:109.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/109.0

Steps to reproduce:

I edited an existing filter to match the "from" address of two new messages. (The filter sets a tag so the row is colored differently.) I selected both message rows, then Tools > Run Filters on Selected Messages. No effect. I selected the mailbox folder instead and then Tools > Run Filters on Folder. That worked... The two messages changed color.

I'm running the latest version offered by Pop!_OS's app manager... Sorry if this bug is already fixed in a newer version of Thunderbird.

Actual results:

No effect from "run filters on selected messages"
but "run filters on folder" did work.

Expected results:

"Run filters on selected messages" should have affected the selected messages.

Comment 1

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

pop account?
or imap?

Comment 2

[Chris]

IMAP. There are three imap accounts total, no pop.

Comment 3

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Thanks Chris.
Does this still fail when using version 115?

Comment 4

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

We do rely on your feedback to keep the bug report moving forward. This is incomplete without further feedback.

Comment 5

[Chris]

Sorry, I didn't see the previous comment. The problem still exists on version 115.5.0, but I noticed a new clue: The problem only occurs when messages are selected in the unified view. When I instead select one account, then select messages and apply the filter, it works! Note that to test, I only selected two messages, and both were for the same account. But only after I selected the single account (instead of unified) did the filter work on the selections. I hope that helps.