Closed Bug 192251 Opened 21 years ago Closed 21 years ago

delete mail only works one time, subsequent delete actions ignored (mail window locks up)

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, defect)

x86
Windows 2000
defect
Not set
major

Tracking

(Not tracked)

VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 192780

People

(Reporter: emmet, Assigned: sspitzer)

References

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Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.3a) Gecko/20021212
Build Identifier: Mozilla 1.3b, 5-2-03 build AND 1-2-03 build AND Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.3a) Gecko/20021212

This occurs in the 5-Feb-03, 1-Feb-03 and 1.3a build but not the 1.1 build.

1) Delete an email (e.g. from the inbox) ... email deletes
2) try and delete another email ... email DOES NOT delete, mail view window
locks and selecting new emails to view does not display them (double clicked to
view an single email works fine though).
3) Change to view another folder.
4) Emails can be selected and viewed.
5) Try to delete an email ... does NOT delete, folder view locks.


This is reproducable even after removing mozilla using Window 'add and remove'
control panel and also deleting the .rdf files and pref.js file in the user
directory before reinstall.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Uninstalled the 1.3a release and installed the 1.2.1 release. Delete works fine
with that one.
Overinstalled nightly 5-Jan-03 (earliest available) over 1.2.1; problem occurs.
Overinstalled 1.2.1 over nightly 5-Jan-03; mailnews operates correctly
(concerning this bug...)
If you install according to the Installation Notes
(to an empty dir; meaning uninstall first and clean up/delete the remaining
"components" and "chrome" directories left behind in the installation dir):

Does the bug still happen?
Yes.

Deleted every thing mozilla from my system, emptied the registry (hmm, that was
an history lesson). Installed 1.3.1. Recopied my Mail directory into Application
Data\Mozilla\Profiles\default\0df1sdwq.slt. Problem reoccurs.

Delete everything again, installed build 2003021008. 

After much investigation, identified that my Inbox (with or without the .msf
file) was the source of the problem. 

If my Inbox was copied back into the Mail directory (as opposed to being left
out of the copy and Mozilla creating an empty one) then I could do multiple
deletes in the Inbox UNTIL I closed down and restarted, then the bug occured.

After restart the bug would not occur in any other folder UNTIL I did
multi-deletes in the Inbox, then the bug would occur in all folders.

Renamed my Inbox. Delete works fine.

Tried this backwards and forwards many times, many combinations, original Inbox
as inbox, BUG, original Inbox as something, anything else, no BUG.

Recopied the renamed Inbox, restarted Mozilla, copied in Mail the entire renamed
Inbox into the (Mozilla recreated empty) Inbox. Old size 3558k, New size 4315k.
** New Inbox works fine **


So a work round is to closedown Mozilla, rename 'Inbox' in Application Data, run
Mozilla, copy contents of renamed folder into 'Inbox'.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 192043 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 21 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
reopening, not a dup of 192043
Status: RESOLVED → UNCONFIRMED
Resolution: DUPLICATE → ---
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 192780 ***
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 21 years ago21 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
verified
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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