256652 - [import] importing mail from Netscape 4.x does nothing

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(MailNews Core :: Import, defect)

Description

[Eurico]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.8 [en] (Win98; U)
Build Identifier: version 0.7.3 (20040803)

In Thunderbird, seclt Tools, then Import, select Mail, click Next, select 
Communicator 4.x, click Next, button greys out and nothing happens - even left 
it running for 2 hours but no mail migrated from Netscape 4.8

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Select Tools->Import
2. Select Mail, click Next
3. Select Communicator 4.x, click Next

Actual Results:  
Next button greyed out but nothing happened (no mail converted)

Expected Results:  
No dialog box popped up requesting location/confirmation of Netscape 4.8 mail 
and OK button to proceed (or Cancel to abort)

Comment 1

[Rob Judd]

I can confirm this bug on Win2K when attempting import from either NS 4.08 or NS
4.79 .. using T-Bird version 0.7.3 installed today.

Comment 2

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

*** Bug 258713 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

I can repro this on linux fc2 using 2004112905-0.9 tbird bits. the odd thing is
that I don't even have Netscape 4.x on my linux box --not even a ~/.netscape
directory. (but I do have a ~/.mozilla)

Comment 4

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

this is the js error I get after step 3 (comment 0):

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code:
0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIComm4xProfile.getProfileList]"  nsresult:
"0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)"  location: "JS frame ::
chrome://messenger/content/importDialog.js :: ImportMail :: line 675"  data: no]

Comment 5

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

oops, it doesn't hang the app. it just sits there till you hit cancel.

Comment 6

[Doug Wright]

Not a TB auto-migration bug -> Core:MailNews:Import

Comment 7

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

If this is a regression and we can identify the regression window, please
renominate.

Comment 8

[Carsten Book [:Tomcat]]

This is still a problem in Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.9) Gecko/20071031 Thunderbird/2.0.0.9 ID:2007103104

Comment 9

[Scott MacGregor]

I don't think this is a blocker anymore and is probably a WONTFIX now, we've actually been in the process of ripping out the old Netscape 4.x importers & migrator code from the repository. If a user is still using Netscape 4.x and wants to migrate the 2.0.0.x line product line can be used to do the import. There are other bugs that go into more detail about that decision, I'll see if I can find them.

Comment 10

[David Ascher (:davida)]

FYI: Tomcat mentioned on IRC in re: to this bug that "it seems not possible to migrate mails/settings/ when you change from Seamonkeys to tbird".

Comment 11

[Gary Kwong [:gkw] [:nth10sd] (NOT official MoCo now)]

(In reply to comment #9)
> I don't think this is a blocker anymore and is probably a WONTFIX now, we've
> actually been in the process of ripping out the old Netscape 4.x importers &
> migrator code from the repository. If a user is still using Netscape 4.x and
> wants to migrate the 2.0.0.x line product line can be used to do the import.
> There are other bugs that go into more detail about that decision, I'll see if
> I can find them.
> 

WONTFIX'ing.