305829 - Can't make message filters log work for any account

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, defect)

Description

[François Gagnon]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fr-CA; rv:1.7.11) Gecko/20050728
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fr-CA; rv:1.7.11) Gecko/20050728

I use message filters log since the beginning. I have 4 pop3 accounts and
receive a lot of junk mail, so my filters are severe and I need to check logs to
avoid "false positives". It suddenly ceased to work for all my accounts about
two months ago. I was then on Mozilla rv:1.7.5 Gecko/20041217. Three events
preceded the loss. But I can't remember in which order they happened, and have
no clue if they have anything to do with the problem. 1) I localized Mozilla
rv:1.7.5 to French using the Frenchmozilla package, 2) I had a crash of Windows
XP with Mozilla running (loss of many bookmarks), and 3) I installed the MAF
(Mozilla Archive Format) extension (in my profile).

The next time I tried to check my log files, all I've got is the "use the check
box below to enable logging". I've never been able to make any Message Filters
Log work since then.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open the "Messages Filters" dialog from Mozilla Mail pannel
2.Click on button "Filter Log"
3.Check "Enable the Filter Log" and press OK

Actual Results:  
I close Mozilla completely, restart the computer, start Mozilla (with highest
administrative privilege for the OS and Moz), etc., and when I click on "Filter
Log button", the same "use the check box below to enable logging" window appears

Expected Results:  
I should have been able to see all the entry in the log, as it always been before.

I tried all sort of combination (use clear log/restart Mozilla/restart the
computer) and installed three new version of Mozilla, after complete uninstall
(including removal of all extensions), and the problem is still there.

It thus must have something to do with my Profile folder.

Comment 1

[François Gagnon]

Filter logs are effectively cleared of all entry when command clear Log is used

Comment 2

[François Gagnon]

Note that my messages folders are not in a "profile" or "mozilla-related"
directory, but in specific folders on another hard disk (of the same machine).

Comment 3

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

François

If the problem is gone on the newest version of suite (SM 1.x) then please close this bug.

If not, please read bug 191185.  this sounds like your problem, please mark this bug as a duplicate of 191185 OR make this bug DEPENDS on 191185.

Comment 4

[François Gagnon]

Bug resolved with the release of SeaMonkey.

The problem was a bug of all versions since rv:1.7.5

Probably a corruption of code that could not be fixed by uninstalling completely (including profiles and extensions) and then reinstalling the suite.

Comment 5

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

François, thanks for updating the bug. FIXED is not a correct resolution for the bug unless you know which patch or check in fixed the bug.  Therefore, please close with a resolution of WORKSFORME or duplicate of bug 191185 (if 191185 sounds like your problem).