Closed Bug 20878 Opened 25 years ago Closed 24 years ago

IMAP: Support root folder

Categories

(MailNews Core :: Networking, defect, P3)

Product:
MailNews Core
Component:
Networking
Type:
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
VERIFIED FIXED

People

(Reporter: BenB, Assigned: jefft)

References

Details

(Whiteboard: I have a fix.) 

I can't find a setting migrated or used, that determines the root folder on the
server: All folders are written in ~/ on the server.
Blocks: 2734
Blocks: 17445
QA Contact: lchiang → huang
from what i can see, nsIMAPHostSessionList supports this with

SetOnlineHostForDir, though i don't have enough knowledge regarding reading

prefs to add.
Target Milestone: M14
IMAP interop is a beta stopper
Hey Ben I know I've asked you this before, but what kind of imap server are you
using.

I'm using UW-IMAP, version 4.5 (or greater?). It reports
* OK smserver.home.local IMAP4rev1 v12.250 server ready
Nominate as beta1 stopper
Keywords: beta1
Putting on the PDT+ radar for beta1.
Whiteboard: [PDT+]
I just implemented the UI for this, and seth did the backend work to make it
migrate correctly...scott - you'll find the string you need in
nsIImapIncomingServer.serverDirectory

This bug is related to bug#2734...
Yes. I have seen the improvement for the "Advance" Preferences/Account Setup UI.
And it seemed that (on Linux)..the personal namespace UI already brought info 
from 4.7 to 5.0, but I didn't try on the field of the "IMAP server directory" 
yet....I am still investigating on bug#2734...
The UI part is really good improvement!!

Please see more comments/investigation from bug#2734.
bienvenu, phil and I talked about this and it isn't a beta1 bug. the only thing
we are missing is appending the root folder to new folders when the user creates
them.
Keywords: beta1
Whiteboard: [PDT+]
Bummer.

Migration is also broken. The Sent etc. folders are searched in the home dir,
not the root mail dir.
Blocks: 26557
Moving my remaining M14 bugs to M15 which is the next targeted milestone.
Target Milestone: M14 → M15
sending over to jefft in case he has some spare cycles. Jeff, feel free to
change the target date if you are already over your M15 quota =).
Assignee: mscott → jefft
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
This has been fixed. To test: Edit|Mail/News Account Setup|Server|Advanced to 
set up IMAP server directory.
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Jeff,
Did you fix this or do you just refer to the UI? Ths UI is there for a longer
time (see comment from 2000-02-01), but the backend doesn't work. I still get
e.g.

+-Inbox
+-Sent
+-Draft
+-mymailroot
  +-Draft
  +-myfolder1
  +-myfolder2
  +-Sent
if I set mymailroot as root. If you didn't change anything, please reopen.
The backend is working too. If you set the mymailroot as your imap server 
directory the Draft, myfolder1, myfolder2 and Sent should appear as the first 
level mail folder. However, this is all depend on the subsrciption list saved in  
~/.mailboxlist. We don't have the subcribe UI implemented yet. Use 4.x for 
subscription then compare the behavior between seamonkey and 4.x. They should be 
the same.
I'm pretty sure what you're saying is that it still doesn't work under Mozilla.  I don't wanna hear there's a hackaround!  Isn't it getting close to release time?  And IMAP still doesn't work?  How is that justified?
You have a good point. I am sure I fixed it at one time. We still have a beta2 
feature crunch period. It'll probably take few months. Reopenning...
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
Resolution: FIXED → ---
Mass moving to M16 to get these off the M15 radar.  Please let me know if this
is really an M15 stopper.
Target Milestone: M15 → M16
This is important interop - beta2 nomination.
Keywords: nsbeta2
I have a fix. I need to do more tests before I check in.
Whiteboard: I have a fix.
Fix checked in.
Status: REOPENED → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago → 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
verified on linux.
Verified on WinNT 05-09-08-M16
Great!! I see the progress on IMAP server directory now!!
I will verify on Mac later.....
Verified on Linux & Mac 05-09-08-M16 commercial build
Verified on Mac 05-09-08-M16 commercial build
I think this bug for this specific problem had been fixed, other related 
problems already addressed from other bugs.
Marking as verified.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: MailNews → Core
Product: Core → MailNews Core
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