291810 - Mailfilter loses mails if i set the path to the mail folder manualy

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, defect)

Description

[Patrick Steiner]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b) Gecko/20050217
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b) Gecko/20050217

If i recive a mail and the mailfilter is corrupt mozilla lose the mail. it shows
that a mail is recieved (in the bottom of the mail client: reciving 1 of 1
mails) but then i can't find the mail in any mailfolders.
this mails should automatically moved to a specified folder. but when i open the
mail filter dialog the filter is unchecked and the mail is lost.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1.make a normal email account.
2.make some mail filters which put the mails in some folders
3.move your mozilla profile in an other folder. (after you stopped mozilla)
4.generate a new profile
5.make a new email account
6.set the path to the old mail folder (restart mozilla,and now you see the mail
from the old account)
7.receive some emails which should moved by the filter
Actual Results:  
then the mails goes to the nirvana!!! (or this mails which have e corrupt filter
are lost)

Expected Results:  
if the mail filter has a problem white the specified filter then the mail should
store in the inbox and not lost the mail

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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