276509 - Filters disappear

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 277189

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[Roy Oestensen]

I am using Thunderbird 1.0, and in general I am pleased with it, but somehow it
forgets filters that I create. It seems to remember it a few days, and then I
have to reenter them, because the whole list has disappeared.

Comment 1

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

Roy Oestensen, is this problem persisting for you?  I have never encountered 
this symptom.

What sort of mail account is this -- IMAP or POP3?

When the filters are remembered for "a few days" are you opening and closing the 
program over that period of time, or leaving it open all the time?  When the 
list disappears, does that happen after restarting the program?

You can make a backup copy of the   msgFilterRules.dat   file(s) in your profile 
-- there will be one for each account defined in your system.  If they disappear 
again, you can copy the backup back to the account directory, which may be a 
little easier than re-entering the filters.

Comment 2

[Tim Featherstone-Griffin]

Mike, I can confirm this one - I have been using TBird for a week and many
filters I have created seem to have disappeared this morning after a clean start
of TBird - I can see their previous application in the filter log but they are
no longer listed in the interface, nor are they in the appropriate (or any)
msgFilterRules.dat.

Also reported here:

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=220020&highlight=

Comment 3

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

Is this the same problem as bug 277189?  If so, this bug should be duped to that 
one, as that one provides a full Steps To Reproduce.

Comment 4

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

No response from reporter, duping.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 277189 ***