233058 - special IMAP folders like "#public/" loose their configuration on every new startup.

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 239868

(MailNews Core :: Networking: IMAP, defect)

Description

[Jens Maus]

User-Agent:       
Build Identifier: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5a (20040129) and also the Mozilla Mail Client of 1.4-1.6

On every new startup, the special IMAP folders like #public are loosing their individual configuration. 
This means that if I am going to set the display order of a folder within the #public tree, exit 
ThunderBird or Mozilla and start it again the order is reseted to the default of Thunderbird instead of 
keeping the last set order.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start ThunderBird or Mozilla and try to connect to a special folder within the "#public" IMAP tree.
2. Try to set the mail display order of a folder within this tree.
3. Restart ThunderBird or Mozilla and check if it still has your individual order set or if it was reset to 
the default again.
Actual Results:  
The order of the mail display was set to the default instead of displaying the order that was set in the 
session before the restart.

Expected Results:  
The order of the mails should have been like in the previous session.

Another curiousity is, that as soon as the Mail client starts up and tries to initialize it's IMAP folders, it 
also displays the subscribed folders in the #public tree, but within a few seconds replace them by 
totally new copies. This somehow looks like the client can't identify the previously used configuration 
and restores it with a default setting.

Comment 1

[Jens Maus]

After checking with the latest nightly build of Thunderbird (20040412) this bug seems to be fixed 
somehow now. All #public folders keep their configuration now on startup. So I guess some changes 
along the way also fixed that problem.

Comment 2

[Jason Bassford]

Saying "fixed somehow" means it should be resolved as WORKSFORME.

Comment 3

[David :Bienvenu]

yes, this is actually a dup of a bug 239868

Comment 4

[David :Bienvenu]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 239868 ***