210412 - import of outlook mails crashes when folder names contain a slash ('/')

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 140212

(MailNews Core :: Import, defect)

Description

[Fritz Steinkuhl]

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

If a subfolder of an Outlook XP main folder contains a slash ('/') in its name,
then the import of mails aborts.




Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.in Outlook create an inbox subfolder named 'Family/Friends' 
2.try to import it
3.

Actual Results:  
The import will crash, when it comes to import this folder.
But the error message doesn't contain a hint that the slash was the cause.


Expected Results:  
Workaround: automatically replace slashes by white space or dash e.g., and
show a summary of replacements to inform the user

Comment 1

[Charles Fenwick]

Duplicate of bug 140212

Comment 2

[Daniel Wang]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 140212 ***

Comment 3

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+2]]

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