252320 - Previewing attached forwarded message(message/rfc822 part) fails on IMAP server when in folder several levels deep.

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Thunderbird :: Message Compose Window, defect)

Description

[Tom White]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040614 Firefox/0.9
Build Identifier: Thunderbird 0.7.2

If you forward a message from an IMAP folder that is several levels deep (2 or
more in this case) AND one of the folder names contains a space, you cannot
double click the attachment in the new message and view it. You either get a
blank message or an IMAP select error.



Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Have an IMAP account. I am using UW-Imapd, server banner is:

"* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 X-NETSCAPE LOGIN-REFERRALS STARTTLS AUTH=LOGIN]
jmcinet IMAP4rev1 2001.315 at Tue, 20 Jul 2004 14:17:39 -0500 (CDT)"

I have not tested this on another IMAP server, but this error shouldn't be
server related since the message is viewable from anywhere but a new message window.

2. Create a folder (that can contain other folders) with a space in the name of
it. Create a folder without. Then create message folders under these folders. I
have the resulting structure:

|--test folder
  |--test1
|--testfolder
  |--test2

3. Put a message (I've dragged many messages while reproducing, some with
attachments, others without) into the folder without spaces in its path. Open
the message to see that it is available, and click forward. In the forward,
click on the attached message and you can see that it is viewable.

4. Close the above messages (two previews + new message) and drag the message to
the path including a space (in my example "test folder/test1". Now open the
message and verify that it is viewable. Click forward to create a new message
with this one attached. Double click the attached message to view it.
Actual Results:  
You get a blank window when previewing an attached forwarded message that is
contained in an IMAP path that contains a space.. I was also getting a select
error that looked like "Cabinet^^JMC^^Folder S-K" on another machine, but I
can't reproduce this on my machine.

Expected Results:  
Thunderbird should show the attached email so that the user can know that the
attachment is included.

Maybe something to do with incorrectly escaping spaces in the new message window
for IMAP paths?

Comment 1

[WADA:World Anti-bad-Duping Agency]

Thunderbird(Mozilla Mail&News also) has some(but not so small) problems on
message/rfc822 part handling, especially on nested message/rfc822 part.
See meta Bug 269826.
(Q1) Can you find already reported bug for your problem in it?
(Q2) Does your "2." have relation to your problem?
     Does your problem occur only when IMAP folder & folder name with spaces(s)?
     Does your problem occur also when "Local Folders"?

Anyway, add "message/rfc822" in summary for ease of search.

Comment 2

[Tom White]

>(Q1) Can you find already reported bug for your problem in it?

I could not at the time it was entered.

>(Q2) Does your "2." have relation to your problem?

Absolutely, it cannot be reproduced otherwise.

>Does your problem occur only when IMAP folder & folder name with spaces(s)?

Only when a folder above the current folder contains spaces in the name.

>Does your problem occur also when "Local Folders"?

I did not attempt to do that. My assumption was that it was somehow an IMAP
issue - although folders with space in their names work in normal use (opening
messages, moving messages between folders, etc).

Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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