287110 - Filters: Target Folder is random if same names exist.

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[Michael Wünsch]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; de-DE; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050226 Firefox/1.0.1
Build Identifier: Firefox 1.0

If folders with the name exist (e.g. after importing them from Eudora etc.) you
can specify the exact folder in the filter properties window but the folder used
is random, when a folder with the same name exists.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create 2 Folders for example: /Newsletters and /News/Newsletters
2. Create Filter with action: Move to (click and select) /Newsletters
3. Execute Filter

Actual Results:  
Mail is being moved into /News/Newsletters OR /Newsletters.

Expected Results:  
Mail being moved into /Newsletters, the folder /News/Newsletters being ignored.

Maybe Firefox should work internal with FolderIDs instead of the Folder names. I
could imagine that this also could lead to problems if special characters are used.

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

[Michael Wünsch]

Nobody who did also recognize this behaviour?

Comment 3

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

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

(1.5.0.x is now end-of-life and the latest 2.0.0.x is version 2.0.0.16)

Comment 4

[Joshua Cranmer [:jcranmer]]

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