296530 - Moving messages between IMAP folders sometimes works, sometimes deletes the message

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Description

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User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4

I use Thunderbird with a IMAP server. I keep the mail on the remote server.
When I try to move a message between inbox folder and another folder (either by
drag and drop or using the right-click menu), sometimes the move is OK,
sometimes the message is deleted from inbox, but it does not appear in the
destination folder. An "Undo Move Message" makes the message reappear in the inbox.
I had the same problem also when I used Netscape mail client, on both Windows
2000 and XP.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Have a big IMAP mail repository, with inbox and many subfolders
2. Try to move a message from inbox to another folder
3. SOmetimes this will not work. It seems to depend on the message, and not on
the destination folder
4. If you want to increase the chances to get the bug, try to move a bunch of
messages together. 
Actual Results:  
The moved message(s) disappear from the source folder, but they do not reappear
in the destination folder

Expected Results:  
It should move correctly every message, or bunch of messages.

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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