232001 - Semicolon in folder names prevent opening of mails in folder

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, defect)

Description

[Tommy Gildseth]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031111 Debian/1.5-2.backports.org.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007

I renamed some folders in my inbox, and the new names contained a semicolon ";".
Although I was able to see the mails, drop mails into the folder, and see the
from, subject etc, I was unable to view the mail, move it out of the folder, or
reply to the mail.

Renaming the folder, removing the semicolon removes the problem, giving me
access to the mails in the folder again.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Rename a folder in your inbox, to contain a semicolon in the foldername
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
What is described in the details box

Expected Results:  
Let me read and reply to the mails

Comment 1

[WADA:World Anti-bad-Duping Agency]

WORKSFORME on Thunderbird 0.7.3 Release build(Win-2K).
Creation/renaming/move/delete folder has no problem and folder is accessible always.

Reporter, your problem is posiibly Bug 65303.
> new folder created with same name as previously renamed folder contains
phantom mail - crashes when read

Old Mozilla had problems on renaming of folder.
 - If previously used folder name is used on folder creation, 
   old file information is used from garbage even after restart.
But this has been slightly improved. 
Current Mozilla still has renaming problem but this is only when previously used
folder name is used again without restart.

Does problem still occur on latest Mozilla release?
	 

Comment 2

[Peter Giessel]

I tested this on my Windows 2000 box and the bug exists on this system too. 
Also putting the "#" (pound) symbol in the subfolder's name also prevents
messages from being read.

Comment 3

[WADA:World Anti-bad-Duping Agency]

(In reply to comment #2)
> I tested this on my Windows 2000 box and the bug exists on this system too. 
> Also putting the "#" (pound) symbol in the subfolder's name also prevents
> messages from being read.

What is your Mozilla build ID you've tested?
What is yor locale of OS?
What is exact folder name?
What files were created/renamed when folder of "#" and ";" are defined/renamed?
 (See mail directry just after folder creation/renaming)

Please note that :
 Because patch of Bug 262018(for both "#" and ";" problem) for Mozilla trunk was
 checked-in on 11/18,
 older build is required to problem recreation,
 and newer build is required for fix verification.

By the way, folder name of ";"(file name =";" when the patch was not applied)
did not have problem on Japanese MS Win even before the patch.
(After patch, hashed name is used as file name for folder of ";")
But Bug 262018 comment #0 talks about ";" just before "/" in URI and problem
when this case has been fixed by the patch.
Do you know special meaning of ";" in file name/path name on Unix?
(I only know first ".", hidden file, and last "~", back up file or home directry
indicator on Unix)

Comment 4

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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