33614 - Filters firing only a couple times then don't work...

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(MailNews Core :: Backend, defect, P3)

Description

[laurel]

Using 2000-03-27-09m15 commercial build NT 4.0
Haven't yet tried with other platforms, will assume All Platforms

Filters are firing only once or twice within a session then they stop working. 
I've tried filters with delete and move to folder actions based on sender
contains <emailname>.  I've seen them filter when it's a single message that's
incoming or multiple, whether they all match criteria or not.  Not sure what's
causing it to stop...

Using IMAP filtering to IMAP folder on same server... haven't tried POP account
yet.

1.  In 4.x open IMAP account and set up a single filter to delete message based
on sender contains.
    For example, rules.dat would show:
         version="6"
         loggin="no"
         name="foo"
         enabled="yes"
         description=""
         type="1"
         action="delete"
         condition=" OR (from,contains,laurel)"
2.  Exit 4.x after saving the filter. Migrate the profile to seamonkey.
3.  Go to seamonkey mail window, open account and provide proper login password.
    Messages are retrieved. 
4.  Send messages to this account which will match the filter criteria. Get
them.  They appear in the trash folder, they're deleted.
5.  Repeat sending messages at various intervals which match the criteria. Get
the messages.  Filtering will happen properly only some times.

To reiterate: 
   -- Have seen failure using delete and move to folder actions based on sender
content.
   -- Have seen failure when single or multiple messages incoming match
criteria.
   -- Have seen when multiple incoming messages and some match criteria while
some don't.

   --

Comment 1

[laurel]

Added note: Filters always seem to work at least once per session.

Comment 2

[David :Bienvenu]

cc'ing alec in case he accidentally changed something. I haven't changed filters 
in a very long time.

Comment 3

[lchiang]

I also noticed this yesterday on the trunk build.  It was the first time I had
used a trunk build since the beta1 build.  My filter action is to delete a
message based on sender.

Comment 4

[David :Bienvenu]

I have not seen this yet. All my filters are firing, about 10 times so far in 
the same session.

Comment 5

[David :Bienvenu]

still have not seen this, with either a debug build, or a release build from 
yesterday.

Comment 6

[laurel]

Aren't you special?! You're looking through those rose-colored glasses again. 
(just kidding).

I'll look at again.

Comment 7

[David :Bienvenu]

I don't have any delete filters (except for you, Lisa!) so maybe that has
something to do with it.

Comment 8

[laurel]

If you were really smart, you'd have a delete filter for me.

Comment 9

[lchiang]

Set up a delete filter and try it for a day, David, just to see if you get this 
problem.  

I can't believe you have a delete filter for me!  No wonder you never answer any 
of my email :-)

Comment 10

[laurel]

Nope, still not working using mar30 m15 commercial builds. 
My delete filter failed miserably on linux. 
It failed after a couple time using NT.

I'm seeing even weirder behavior with both delete and move-to-folder filters
today.  If I get messages then switch between INBOX and the destination folder
and back again, I keep seeing new copies of the filtered message in either place
which may be removed the next time I switch back.  

So it's two things I see:
   1.  The filters stop working after awhile (particularly delete)
   2.  I'm seeing copies of the filtered message disappearing/reappearing in the
INBOX and destination folders when switching back and forth among the two
folders.

Not taking any drugs, but maybe that would help.

Comment 11

[David :Bienvenu]

that's a completely new bug that was introduced last night. I have a fix for it.

Comment 12

[laurel]

separated the new bug out as bug #33963.

Comment 13

[David :Bienvenu]

let me know if you keep seeing this after today - I wonder if this was related 
to 32742

Comment 14

[laurel]

Using 2000-04-19-09m16 commercial build on linux: my delete filters still not
working.

Comment 15

[Alec Flett]

Laurel, this just occurred to me - are you using custom headers by any chance?
Filtering on custom headers does not work with seamonkey yet.
(I know because I have like 20 filters based on Resent-From that don't work)

Comment 16

[laurel]

No, nothing fancy like custom headers.  Just filtering on subject contains and
sender contains.  MoveToFolder actions seem to be working fairly consistently,
but action Delete doesn't.

Comment 17

[David :Bienvenu]

perhaps your trash folder has lost its trash flag. all delete is is a move to
the folder with the trash flag set.

Comment 18

[laurel]

OK, same thing's happening over mac and linux (haven't gotten to NT yet): If
IMAP is set for mark as deleted, the delete filters fire. If delete is set for
Move to Trash, they don't.

Comment 19

[lchiang]

Yes, I still have this problem and it's more consistent now.  My set up is like
Laurel's: move to trash, no custom headers.

Comment 20

[selmer (gone)]

Mail review recommends nsbeta2.

Comment 21

[leger]

Putting on [nsbeta2+][6/01] radar.  This work must be done by 06/01 or we may 
pull this for PR2.

Comment 22

[selmer (gone)]

Targetting our beta2 candidates to M17.

Comment 23

[leger]

Changing from [6/01] to [6/15]

Comment 24

[David :Bienvenu]

fix checked in.

Comment 25

[lchiang]

I have not seen in this a long time.  Laurel?

Comment 26

[laurel]

Lisa, I'm in the process of verifying all my resolved bugs. I will probably get 
to it on Monday.

Comment 27

[laurel]

This looks OK using july 18 commercial builds, linux rh6.0, NT 4.0, mac OS 9.0