285927 - Corrupt Junk.msf disables junk filtering, sometimes hangs Thunderbird

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[Tal Cohen]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 1.0.3705)
Build Identifier: 

I have discovered that junk filtering ceased working on my system (even when 
explicitly invoked). I then found that I cannot even view the junk folder's 
content (clicking on it HUNG THE PROGRAM, which consumed CPU for hours but did 
nothing and ceased to respond).

The problem was solved by removing the Junk.msf file, which was presumably 
corrupt; Thunderbird re-generated it and all went well from that point.

Reproducible: Didn't try

Steps to Reproduce:
(N/A -- Junk.msf file corrupt)
Actual Results:  
Junk filtering does not work.

Expected Results:  
Thunderbird should at least indicate that filtering is disabled due to a 
problem.

Comment 1

[john.goutbeck]

Had a simular issue with trash.  Possible corrupt message in trash.  TB 1.02
under WinXP SP2 would hang and had to 'End Process' from task manager. 
Installed July 9, 2005 nighly build.  Now all seems OK.

Comment 2

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+2] (away 10/03 - 10/13)]

Reporter, is this issue still present for you? If yes, do you have an example mbox and msf file?

Comment 3

[Tal Cohen]

This only happened to me once. Sadly, I did not keep a copy of the corrupt file before reporting the bug.

Comment 4

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+2] (away 10/03 - 10/13)]

So I mark this bug as WFM. If this should happen again on any time feel free to reopen the bug.