275571 - Message Filters with more than one criteria do not work

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[Chris Messina]

When creating a filter to match on "To or CC" fields, I consistently get an
error message that reads:

"The current command did not succeed. The mail server responded: UID invalid
arguments."

This is also seems to happen when I use more than one filter criteria.

I've attached screenshots of the dialogs. The mailserver is running SmarterMail
from smartertools.com.

Comment 1

[Chris Messina]

Attachment: Dialog of UID error message.

Comment 2

[Chris Messina]

Attachment: Filter failure message.

Comment 3

[David :Bienvenu]

you're running filters after the fact, right? My guess is that it's a problem
specifically with to or cc filters, and if you set up the filter with to and cc
fields separate, it might work.


in any case, an imap protocol log would be helpful:

http://www.mozilla.org/quality/mailnews/mail-troubleshoot.html#imap

Comment 4

[Chris Messina]

Attachment: Screenshot of faulty message filter settings.

These are the settings I used to cause the UID error message.

Comment 5

[Chris Messina]

I am running the filter after my mail has downloaded. And it doesn't seem to be
related to To or CC filters. I also occurs if I use more than one filter criteria.

I would definitely like to see what's going on in the IMAP log, but the
directions you pointed me to don't work.

Specifically:

"Save this file and drag and drop this file on the Netscape/Mozilla application
icon. Additional information for Mac OS X:"

You can't drag and drop a file on to the Thunderbird icon. I went ahead and
followed the UNIX instructions, but no log file was generated. Do you have a
more complete set of instructions for how I can enable logging?

Thanks!

(In reply to comment #3)
> you're running filters after the fact, right? My guess is that it's a problem
> specifically with to or cc filters, and if you set up the filter with to and cc
> fields separate, it might work.
> 
> 
> in any case, an imap protocol log would be helpful:
> 
> http://www.mozilla.org/quality/mailnews/mail-troubleshoot.html#imap
> 

Comment 6

[David :Bienvenu]

it's always tricky on the mac...

did you

setenv NSPR_LOG_MODULES=IMAP:5
setenv NSPR_LOG_FILE=/tmp/imapio.txt

? Did imapio.txt get created at all?

Comment 7

[Kenneth Lu]

I recently encountered this problem, except on Linux instead of Mac OS X, using
Thunderbird 1.0.

We recently transitioned to an Exchange mail server, which I'm accessing via
IMAP, so that may be relevant.

For me, the symptom appears to be specific to "To or Cc" filters for "OR" rules.
 If I put To and Cc rules on separate lines, it works fine.  It seems to happen
especially if I have multiple "To or Cc" filters in the same rule, using "Match
any of the following".

Anyway, making a To and a Cc rule for each To or Cc rule seems to be the workaround.

Comment 8

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