291465 - IMAP: Filter item Mark as Read => message status = New

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(MailNews Core :: Networking: IMAP, defect)

Description

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

Moz 1.8b2-0409 (but not Moz 1.7.7) / TB 1.0.2 & 1.0+0414

A message which is filtered to be marked as read will not be given a status 
of Read, but instead retains status = New.  In the default Thunderbird theme, 
and in the Classic theme in Mozilla, the Inbox will also appear bolded (but 
without an Unread count) due to the style rules in those themes detailed at 
bug 201917 comment 14.

Steps to reproduce:
1) Configure an IMAP account
2) Create a filter to Mark Read
3) Select the Status column for display
4) Send a message that triggers the filter
5) Observe Inbox

Actual results:
Message appears in Inbox, then once the filter as activated, the message appears 
marked read, but the status shows as New.  For Classic/Qute display, Inbox 
folder remains bold, altho Unread count decrements.

Expected results:
Status = read, Inbox not bolded.  (As is the case with POP accounts.)


In addition: if the filter moves the message to another folder (whether checked 
or unchecked; but see bug 257573) and the Mark As Deleted model of deletion is 
used, the original copy of the message in the Inbox will appear as a deleted 
message with status=New.

Steps to reproduce:
1) Configure an IMAP account for Mark As Deleted
2) Create a filter to Mark Read and Move to Folder (in same account)
3) Select the Status column for display
4) Send a message that triggers the filter
5) Observe Inbox

Actual results:
Message appears in Inbox, then once the filter as activated, the message appears 
deleted (and marked read), but the status shows as New.  For Classic/Qute 
display, Inbox folder remains bold, altho Unread count decrements.

Expected results:
Status = read, Inbox not bolded.



In Moz 1.7.7, the behavior of this filtering was different: the message status 
is set to read.  In the move-to-folder case, the target folder would be bolded 
and the unread count incremented after filter execution, altho once the target 
folder was opened, the message was (again) marked read.  I'm guessing that 
fixing that behavior led to this bug.

Comment 1

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+2]]

I can see that with Thunderbird version 2 beta 1 (20061120). The messages are shown normal (not bold) but have the star in front of the subject. Also the inbox shows no count and has a bold style.

For me it's not a minor bug because watching at the folders costs time. If you have a lot of such filters it's really annoying.

Comment 3

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

This WFM with TB 2b2-0210, and Seamonkey 1.5a-0210.