221769 - When Mail|Newsgroup Accounts are deleted in Moz or FB the corresponding files should be deleted too

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 128744

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Account Configuration, enhancement)

Description

[idgreenwald]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6a) Gecko/20031002 Firebird/0.7+
Build Identifier: RFE Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6a) Gecko/20031002 Firebird/0.7+

In Mozilla and Firebird when Mail or Newsgroup Accounts are deleted, the account
folders should also (optionally) be deleted; e.g. "Delete the files too?".

As a long time tester of these programs, I do a lot of manipulations of Acconts
to check out problems reported on the various user forums.  Eventually, I find
that these "residue" files are at best confusing and at worst Profile corrupting.

Often, when I encounter problems of my own, I have to create a new profile to
resolve it.  I believe many of these problems result from improper cleanup after
changes to accounts.  Of course, I can not prove any of these assertions!



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1

[idgreenwald]

Whoops!  I meant Thunderbird not Firebird.

Comment 2

[Gilles Durys]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 128744 ***