189117 - Messages imported from Outlook Express are marked as unread

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 160027

(MailNews Core :: Import, defect)

Description

[Christian Schwinn]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de-AT; rv:1.3a) Gecko/20021212
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de-AT; rv:1.3a) Gecko/20021212

I used The Bat! before Mozilla Mail. I exported my mails as Unix Mailboxformat.
In Mozilla I choosed as import Outlook Express, so that the local folder was
created. I closed Mozilla (also in the systray), replaced the file for the inbox
in the local folder with my exported mails. I opened Mozilla Mail again and had
my mails in the inbox of the Outlook Express folder. I copied them into the
inbox of my created account. Now at the Windows XP logon screen it says 339
unread mails under my username. But all mails are marked as read. It doesn't
change, not even when I really have an unread mail in my inbox.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. I had installed 1.2.1
2. I updated with 1.3a (installer)
Actual Results:  
nothing

Expected Results:  
I expected to correct the communication with the WindowsXP interface.

Comment 1

[Christian Schwinn]

OK, I forgot one thing and also found out something.
When you import mails, they are marked as unread. So was my mails.
After I have moved them into inbox of the created account (acc1) I created my
2nd account (acc2).
I set acc2 as default account.
I think that was why the status at the logon screen freezed.

Anyway, setting back acc1 as default fixes it.

BUT: Call it a bug or a feature, only unread mail of THIS account is shown at
the logon screen.
Also, when you change the default to another account than the first created
again, the status freezes again, this time not showing unread mails.

I tested the whole thing by sending mails from one account to the other.

Christian

Comment 2

[Daniel Wang]

log-in screen showing only mail count of one account is bug 196657
changning summary and marking ad dupe

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 160027 ***

Comment 3

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Verified dup