252438 - imap folder subscriptions lost when using multiple mail clients

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[Stefan Behnel]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; de-AT; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040618 MultiZilla/1.6.4.0b
Build Identifier: version 0.7.1 (20040626)

When I'm accessing my IMAP server using multiple instances of Thunderbird
(different computers, different profiles), my subscriptions from one instance
are automatically copied over to the other instance. When I restart one of them,
all subscriptions are lost and replaced by those of the other program.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run Thunderbird on two computers using the same IMAP account
2. Subscribe to some IMAP folders in one of them, exit the program
3. Subscribe to a different set of folders in the other one, exit the program
4. Restart the first one, it will show the folders selected in step three

You can also just reopen the subscription window in the second instance, it will
show the subscriptions of the first instance once they were committed.
Actual Results:  
The latest subscriptions are persistent, not the ones selected in the respective
program. This is very annoying and very much limits the practical use of IMAP
access.

Expected Results:  
Remember which folders where subscribed to.

Comment 1

[Keith]

> Expected Results:  
> Remember which folders where subscribed to.

Folder subscriptions are stored server side, at least with my IMAP server.
This is therefore outside of TB's control.
Keith.

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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