209851 - search messages does not complete

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 209850

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, defect)

Description

[Vincent DiCarlo]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030612
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030612

When I try to search my local folders, including subfolders, which contain a lot
(407 megabytes) of data, the search stops somewhere in the middle while the
status line of the search dialog displays a message saying "Building summary
file for [subfolder name]". When this happens, if I look in the folder, there is
nothing visible in it. If I close email and restart, the folder still appears
empty. If I close Mozilla entirely, including the quickstart, everything resets
and the folder is displayed properly, but repeating the same search produces a
hangup at the same place. If I delete the folder, and search again, the problem
occurs on another folder. The problem occurs regardless of whether the search is
of the subject line or the body, but does not occur for smaller searches that
encompass just the subfolder on which the search will hang if a more
comprehensive search is done. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Do a search of subject line or body on Local Folders including subfolders.
2. Wait for the search to hang up with a message saying ""Building summary file
for [subfolder name]"
Actual Results:  
The search stops somewhere in the middle while the status line of the search
dialog displays a message saying "Building summary file for [subfolder name]".

Expected Results:  
Completed the search.

Comment 1

[WD]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 209850 ***