216410 - Can't import Outlook mail if any folder name contains a slash

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 131013

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Description

[Eric Scouten]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
Build Identifier: Thunderbird 0.2a (20030813)

If any folder in an Outlook (not Express) .pst file contains a slash in the 
name, Thunderbird will fail to import the entire collection of mail. (It may 
import some messages.) It will take several minutes before failing on a 
condition that should be easily detectable early on.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Thunderbird.
2. Choose Tools > Import, Mail, Outlook

Actual Results:  
After several minutes with the progress bar updating (properly), Thunderbird 
complains that it cannot import mail. I forget the exact message, but it boils 
down to one of the folders having a slash in the name.

Expected Results:  
Thunderbird should make a quick pass over the Outlook folders scanning for 
invalid names before spending time importing messages. If any bad names are 
found, it should fail immediately.

Comment 1

[greg]

This is also happening with mail from Outlook Express
(although i'm using tb0.1)

maybe this is to be marked duplicate of
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=131013

Comment 2

[Eric Scouten]

I agree this bug is basically the same as 131013. The main difference between 
the two (probably not worth maintaining two bug reports): My main complaint is 
that it takes several minutes to fail when the detection could be made very 
early in the import process.

Marking as duplicate.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 131013 ***