295086 - netscape mail folders with uncommon characters and some spaces dont migrate

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Thunderbird :: Migration, defect)

Description

[codasys]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax)

my Netscape mail folders contained a folder > RCL#4 <. would not migrate
correctly to Thunderbird 1.02 . Tbird showed to empty folders. Going back to
Netcape 7.2 email and renaming the folder to RCL4 would then migrate correctly.
 So some characters in the folder names dont migrate properly.
Also in Netscape mail I had a folder named Sent and another named Sent Keepers.
The Sent Keepers would not migrate correctly until I renamed the folder
SentKeepers (ie no space) some sort of a throwback to old Basic/DOS nameing?
Sorry for this format of bug subsmission.  I wasn't able to find this issue in a
prior reported bug and I am not familiar with 'nightly builds'.
Hope this helps 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.use the character # in a Netscape 7.2 mail folder name 
2.attempt to migrate to Thunderbird 1.02
3.then rename the folder in Netscape with out the # in the folder name
4. retry the migration

Actual Results:  
After step 2, Thunderbird 1.02 showed to empty folders with the same name.

Expected Results:  
migrated the same as all the other 20+ did. Correctly. Otherwise the migration
and setup went well.  Hope to prevent others from a possible bad experience.

Pent 2.8 mz cpu.  1 gig memory . lots of space on the HD and no other major
programs running concurrently.
Sorry I couldn't add  more detailed notes.  T.

Can you acknowledge (by email) receipt of this report? Plse!

Comment 1

[codasys]

Additional Reproducable using Netscape Mail 7.2 and Thunderbird 1.02:

step 1: create or rename a new folder, with the word of an exixting folder
followed by a space character followed by a second word.  ie with an existing
folder named 'dave'  creat or rename another folder 'dave brown'

step 2: attempt to migrate the 'dave' and 'dave brown' folders from Netscape 7.2
to Thunderbird 1.02

step 3: go back to Netscape mail and rename 'dave brown' to 'davebrown' 

step 4:re-attempt to migrate to Thunderbird.

Again plse let me know if the is a know issue and if so, path/fix coming soon?
Thanks

It might be necessary to manually send the folder files using a File Manager.

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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