266086 - Filter move operation mixes up mail notificatons

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 228168

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[Chris Cook]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041006 Firefox/0.10
Build Identifier: version 0.8 (20040913)

I have a filter which moves list messages from my IMAP inbox to a local folder.
A new mail notification is displayed but it says "0 new messages" since the
inbox has no new messages.

I looked for a generic bug which covers mail notifications in general but didn't
find one. My particular problem isn't really a duplicate of bug 253146 though it
sounds similar. From reading about all the related problems, it seems obvious
that the filter/notification system needs an overhaul.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a filter to move incoming messages from your IMAP inbox to a folder in
"Local Folders".
2. Send a test message to your IMAP account address.
3. Witness the message "[e-mail] has 0 new messages" in the mail
notification pop-up.

Comment 1

[Chris Cook]

I should add that the new mail envelope is shown in the system tray (WinXP)
despite the confusing "0 new messages".

Also, it may or may not be related but I will also add that the account icon in
the left folders pane displays the "new messages" icon despite the fact that no
folders (inbox or other folders in the IMAP account) have any new messages. The
state of the account is not being updated following the move.

Comment 2

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

(In reply to comment #0)
> I looked for a generic bug which covers mail notifications in general 

Please don't open any "generic" bugs.

> From reading about all the related problems, it seems obvious
> that the filter/notification system needs an overhaul.

Enhancements to the code are solicited.
  http://www.mozilla.org/hacking/

(In reply to comment #1)
> the account icon in the left folders pane displays the "new messages" icon
> despite the fact that no folders (inbox or other folders in the IMAP account)
> have any new messages. The state of the account is not being updated
> following the move.

See bug 116181, bug 202783.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 228168 ***