218167 - folders not shown if I create many subfolders

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 249807

(MailNews Core :: Networking: IMAP, defect)

Description

[Javier Ribelles]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-GB; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-GB; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624

When creating a folder structure, it seems to stop showing folders after some
file name length. Folders are stored in Maildir format in the server (qmail),
such as ~/Maildir/.folder1.folder2.folder3.folder4/cur etc.

Hierarchy tested:

Area Proyectos/PROYECTOS/presentados/UE/VI
PM/03/Craft/SANTIN/1-preparation/partners/RTDs/AIMPLAS/tt

AIMPLAS and lower folders are not shown, but it appears in subscribe list.
Server configuration is:
IMAP server directory:
x Show only subscribed folders
x Server supports folders that contain sub-folders and messages
Maximum number of connections to cache: 5
Personal namespace: "INBOX."
Public (shared): "shared."
x Allow server to override these namespaces

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Create the folders structure one by one (new subfolder)
2.At the indicated folder, it isn't shown
3.

Actual Results:  
The folder isn't shown, and so I can't access it.

Expected Results:  
Have shown all the folders

Outlook, Outlook Express & IMP (Horde) shows them properly, and also folders are
shown in the subscribe list in account properties, so server malfunction is
discarted.

Comment 1

[David :Bienvenu]

My guess is that the path name is simply too long for windows. You could try
changing the local directory for your imap server to a shorter path.

Edit | Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings

pick the server settings for your imap server. In the lower right hand corner of
the account settings window, there is a local directory setting which controls
where the local files for your imap account are stored (the .msf files, the
offline stores, and the filters). You could try creating a new short directory
(e.g., c:\localImap) and then set your local directory to that directory. If you
have any offline stores or mail filters, you should copy them over to the new
directory first. Please let me know if this works. thx.

Comment 2

[Javier Ribelles]

Have tried with David comments, and it's working properly. Windows filesystem
problem.

Sorry for the problems...

Comment 3

[Jason Bassford]

Based on comment 2, nothing was broken or fixed in Mozilla.

Comment 4

[Jason Bassford]

->WORKSFORME

Comment 5

[WADA:World Anti-bad-Duping Agency]

Close code of WORKSFORME is incorrect. Duping to open Bug 249807.