219745 - multiple profiles using same mail directory cannot read filter folders correctly

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(MailNews Core :: Filters, defect)

Description

[Murtaza S. Chiba]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.5b) Gecko/20030831
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.5b) Gecko/20030831

I am trying to install multiple profiles to use the same Mail directory.  This
is because at home I need to use the SSH tunnel port forwarding settings but
need to access the same mail folders.  
I notice that on switching profiles the filters cannot seem to read the correct
subfolders and the filters get set to the main folder.
eg. if I have a Company account with sub-folders to Inbox such as Personal and
sub folders to personal like Team.  Then when switching Profiles the filters get
reset to use the main folder Company and all the sub-folder information
(Personal, Team) is lost. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create multiple profiles to use the same mail directory
2. Create mail sub-folders
3. Create filters to insert into sub-folders
4. Now switch between the profiles and you will find the sub-folder information
lost in the filter settings.

Actual Results:  
1. Mail sorting did not work and all messages were put into the main Folder.

Expected Results:  
1. Sorting should have worked and mail should have gone directly to the
subfolders upon receipt.

Comment 1

[Olivier Cahagne]

Murtaza, is this still an issue with 1.6 or 1.7b ?

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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