285856 - Message moved in imap folder selected for offline use is not available offline

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[jm009]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041107
Build Identifier: Build from CVS tag FIREFOX_1_0_1_AUP_RELEASE (Help->About: version 1.0.1 (20050312))

I selected an imap folder for offline use. While online I moved a message in
this folder.
I stopped Thunderbird. I unplugged the network cable. I started Thunderbird. The
message is not available.
This problem does not appear, if the folder is explicitely downloaded before
going offline.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. In the account settings unselect "Check for new messages at startup" and
unselect "Check for new messages every ... minutes"
2. Create folder "test"
3. Right-click on folder "test". In the properties select folder "test" for
offline use. Do "Download Now".
4. Select folder "Inbox"
5. Move a message by drag and drop from "Inbox" to folder "test"
6. Do NOT go to folder "test"
7. Stop Thunderbird
8. Unplug the network cable
9. Start Thunderbird
=> The message is not in folder "test"

Actual Results:  
The message is not offline available in folder "test".

Expected Results:  
The message should be offline available in folder "test".

Comment 1

[jm009]

I tried to understand the source code.
For me it looks like fixing this bug would be a lot easier, if messages were
copied straight away, and not with the "CopyService".
I think it would be a useful code cleanup to remove the CopyService.
The CopyService has so many side-effects (for example closing the window, while
copying is in progress).
From my point of view, the fact that the mail-window can be used otherwise,
while copying is in progress, does not overweight the side effects and the
complicated source code.
Would I have a chance to get my code changes checked in, if I would remove the
CopyService?

Comment 2

[David :Bienvenu]

no, among other things, the copy service serializes requests for a given folder,
which we need to avoid data corruption.

Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This is an automated message, with ID "auto-resolve01".

This bug has had no comments for a long time. Statistically, we have found that
bug reports that have not been confirmed by a second user after three months are
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Comment 4

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
comment). If anyone thinks this is incorrect, they should feel free to reopen it.