309569 - Template moved to draft when editing "rough copy" not to be sent

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[Richard Neal]

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When your writing/editing a rough copy email based on a pre established 
template, Thunderbird 1.5a moves the original template to "drafts", instead of 
leaving the original template in the templates folder, and saving the "rough" 
copy in drafts. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Create sample template ie click on Write edit some text then save as template 
2.Open new template, edit some text, File-> Save As -> Draft. 
3.Original template moved to drafts "with changes" old template "removed". 
 
Actual Results:  
You lose your template from the templates folder (these can sometimes take 
allot of time to create), and the template is saves in drafts with the changes 
that one now has to remove, then you save the template back again. 

Expected Results:  
Saves the rough copy to drafts, and doesn't delete the template from the 
templates folder. Maybe a save context variation, with a question "Leave 
original template in templates folder" tick box 
 
Or the templates folder cant be deleted, unless you "edit" the template and 
"save it again" with the same name. This is the only time you would "change" 
the template. 
 
So basically, any template cant be deleted when editing unless you save it "as 
a template with the same name". Otherwise the template is left as is and the 
now changed variation is auto saved as a draft.

Comment 1

[zug_treno]

Duplicate of bug 292568?

Comment 2

[Lasantha Marian]

This same problem has been experienced in win32 flavor of Thunderbird 1.5-beta2
as well. 

Apparently This has been an error introduced in 1.5 series, because the same
error does not occur in 1.0.7.

Comment 3

[Boying Lu]

I can't re-produce the bug with TB 2.0 on solaris
Does this bug still exist?

Comment 4

[Parkhideh]

Win 2000 with SP4;  Thunderbird 2.0.0.14
I don't know if this belongs here.

1) Deleted a few e-mails using either the keyboard delete button or Thunderbird's delete button.
2) Closed Thunderbird.
3) After returning to Thunderbird I noticed draft box was in BOLD.  I never use draft.  In it was:
    a) Four "unread" copies of one of the deleted e-mails (which had been read).
    b) Three other deleted e-mails.

I cannot reproduce it.  The only thing new is that I have upgraded to version 2 from version 1.5 in the last week.

Comment 5

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

=> WFM per comment 3 and 4
please reopen if you feel this is in error and can reproduce in Thunderbird 3 beta