271679 - The sent subfolder can't be implemented on IMAP accounts that don't support sub-folders and messages in the one folder

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Description

[Pierre Dumuid]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0

The sent subfolder can't be implemented on IMAP accounts that don't support
sub-folders and messages in the one folder as the sent folder is required to be
a message only folder. 

It would be good in such situations to have a sent folder as "Messages only"

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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I am having an issue with regard to the "sent" folder for one of my mail server
that does not support "folders that contain sub-folders and messages", (see
Tools->Account Settings -> Advanced Account Settings)

The problem is, I would like to be able to sort the messages that I have sent
into various folders, and would like to be able to set the columns to show a
default of "Recipient" rather than "Sender" for these folder.

The issue arises, because when one sets their default "Sent" folder in
"Tools->Account Settings -> Copies & Folders", then mozilla Thunderbird seems to
default to showing the "recipient" column for any folders within the sent folder.

The problem is, for my main server, I cannot have subfolders and messages
together, so I have to have something like:

+ Sent (f)
-Unsorted (m)
-Departmental (m)
+Family & Friends (f)
-Dad (m)
-Overseas Letters (m)
+Newsgroups (f)
-Cinelerra (m)
-ACX100 (m)

where (f) stands for a "folder only" folders, and (m) stands for a "messages
only" folder.
Thus you can see that I am still able to sort my "sent" folders, but the problem
is, the sent folder cannot recieve messages. Thus I can't really use it as the
default "Sent" folder in "Tools->Account Settings -> Copies & Folders", thus I
have to set my "unsorted" directory as the default "Sent" folder.

The problem is, that the default column set up for all the subfolders of "Sent"
default to having "Sender" column rather than having "Recipient".

It would be really nice to be able to set preferences for the column headings to
display for all the subfolders of "Sent".

Does anyone know of how to fix my problem?? (I hope I explained it clearly)

An alternate thing is, Thunderbird could be rather smart, and on noticing that
the "Sender" is all the same person (by nature of the sent folder) then it could
default to showing the "Recipient" rather than the sender.

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

[Pierre Dumuid]

This is still an issue.. though I guess it is only for dated ldap servers, (such
as the one I'm currently using)

Comment 3

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

Reporter, does the issue still occur with the latest supported 2.0.0.x / Shredder trunk nightlies?

(1.5.0.x is now end-of-life and the latest supported Thunderbird version 2 is 2.0.0.16)

Comment 4

[Joshua Cranmer [:jcranmer]]

RESO INCO per lack of response to the last question. If you feel this change was made in error, please respond to this bug with your reasons why.