201798 - Local directory setting for Local Folders doesn't store the mail there

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 308311

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Account Configuration, defect)

Description

[pico nazzaro]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.3) Gecko/20030312
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.3) Gecko/20030312

In the Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings dialog, I selected Local Folders and
changed the Local directory path to <mydrive>:\my mail\mozilla. However, the
messages still get stored in <systemdrive>:\Documents and
Settings\<username>\Application
Data\Mozilla\Profiles\default\6hwdqdts.slt\Mail\Local Folders.

This same problem occurs when you change the Local directory path for a mail
account (in this case and IMAP account) on the Server Settings page
(<mydrive>:\my mail\mozilla, same as for Local Folders). Mail still gets stored
in <systemdrive>:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application
Data\Mozilla\Profiles\default\6hwdqdts.slt\ImapMail.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. click on Local Folders in the Mail & Newsgroups client
2. click on View settings for this account (under Accounts heading)
3. enter a new path in the Local directory field
4. click OK

or

1. click on an account in the Mail & Newsgroups client (left pane)
2. click on View settings for this account (under Accounts heading)
3. enter a new path in the Local directory field
4. click OK



Actual Results:  
Mail will not go to the selected folder.

Expected Results:  
1. Prompt/create the folder if it doesn't exist.
2. Move any existing messages/files from the old location (if present) to the
new location.
3. Store all new messages in the new location.

Comment 1

[pico nazzaro]

This bug seems to only occur for the Default profile. I added a new profile and
it created the appropriate directories under the chosen path and stores the
files there correctly. 

Comment 2

[bluppfisk]

confirmified on WINXP

Comment 3

[bluppfisk]

P.S. not fixed in nightly of 
Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5a (20031219)

Comment 4

[WADA:World Anti-bad-Duping Agency]

Repeatedly and frequently reported Bug 2654 ?
"Messenger(Mail and News)/General Mail and News" sention in "Known Isseus"
chapter of Release Notes of almost all releases of Mozilla contains next paragraph.
> In the Mail/News Account Settings: Server Settings dialog box,
> any changes you make to local directory settings won't take effect
> until you exit and restart Mozilla (Bug 2654)

Comment 5

[WADA:World Anti-bad-Duping Agency]

Same as Thunderbird Bug 221202 ?
> Bug 221202 Local directory textbox not visible

See Bug 89212 also since Bug 221202 says that Bug 221202 was fixed by Bug 89212.  
> Bug 89212 Account Settings dialogs should be a fixed size, no scroll bars

Comment 6

[WADA:World Anti-bad-Duping Agency]

Comment #5 is for other bug. Ignore please. Sorry for my mistake and spam.

Comment 7

[Alan Karna]

I think this bug is related to bug #81355, if not the same bug.

fyi, I have the problem regardless if it's my "Local Folders" account or
changing the directory for my individual mail accounts.

Comment 8

[Ryan Holliday]

This bug is still marked as unconfirmed, but as of the 20050325 Thunderbird
nightly it still exists (I've got Windows XP SP2, and can't change the mail
directory for the "Local Folders" account from "C:\Documents and
Settings\Ryan\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\u2kom53j.default\Mail\Local
Folders" to "E:\application-data\mozilla\thunderbird\mail\local-folders".

Comment 9

[Ryan Holliday]

(In reply to comment #8)
> but as of the 20050325 Thunderbird nightly

That should read "20050525 Thunderbird nightly", sorry.

Comment 10

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 11

[techtonik]

seems like duplicate of bug #308311

Comment 12

[OstGote!]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 308311 ***