183403 - can't figure out how to export/import mail filters

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 166842

(MailNews Core :: Filters, enhancement)

Description

[my-email-account]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130

I spend time creating mail filters so that when I check my mail certain messages
are filtered (out).  Unfortunately, when I am using Mozilla at a location other
than my home, I have to re-create filters that I have already created at home. 
I assume that Mozilla would have such a simple feature as "Export/Import filters
to/from file..." but I just can't find it or figure out how to use it and I
can't see/find any sort of discussion about this sort of thing!  I can't even
check Bugzilla because I keep getting:

 The 'bug number'  is invalid. It is neither a bug number nor an alias to a bug
number. If you are trying to use QuickSearch, you need to enable JavaScript in
your browser. To help us fix this limitation, add your comments to bug 70907.

and I DON'T USE JAVASCRIPT and don't want to spend time troubleshooting this bug
just so that I can report a bug/feature reqeust!  

Basically, I'm talking about being able to commit filters to a file (XML?) so
that they can be transported (ftp, ssh, sneakernet) to other locatons and then
imported again, thus saving me the trouble of re-creating them on another copy
of  mozilla.  Perhaps this feature already exists, but I don't see it!  Perhaps
this has been discussed to death on mozilla newsgroups, but I am not subscribed.
 As far as I can tell, all Mozilla filters are on the client side and related to
a particular client (i.e. a particular copy of mozilla).  

In any event, sorry if this is repetitive/too simplistic/etc.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. create mail filter to filter out unwanted mail
2. go to another location and use a different copy of mozilla
3. check mail

Actual Results:  
mail normally filtered gets through or is not filtered to correct folder

Expected Results:  
unwanted mail is filtered at new location withough having to recreate filters

If anyone knows how to do what I am describing then please feel free to let me
know! :)

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

>nd I DON'T USE JAVASCRIPT and don't want to spend time troubleshooting this bug
>just so that I can report a bug/feature reqeust! 

We don't want to spent our time for people who don't search. 



*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 166842 ***

Comment 2

[laurel]

marking verified