339564 - After changing Local Directory field for account, provide option to move/copy existing mail to new directory

Status: NEW

(Thunderbird :: Account Manager, enhancement)

Description

[Arkady Belousov]

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I very dislike default current scheme for directories placing (at least, because this makes pathes, which are longer that 67 characters even in short file names mode), so I always move account directories into another places. But there is no possibility to specify directory for account files when account is created and TB doesn't moves account files, when field Local Directory in "Tools / Account options / Server parameters / Local directory" is changed (even if new directory is empty).

Reproducible: Always



Expected Results:  
TB should ask "Move account files into new directory?" and, probably, should clean target directory, when answered "yes".

Comment 1

[Arkady Belousov]

The more so, while I not restart Thunderbird, it tries to work for some files in old place (thus, causing wrong groups handling after restart).

Comment 2

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

(In reply to comment #1)
> The more so, while I not restart Thunderbird, it tries to work for some files
> in old place (thus, causing wrong groups handling after restart).

That's bug 2654.

Comment 4

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

->NEW

Comment 6

[:aceman]

This would be fine but I think quite hard as TB is using the files (mbox and .msf) in the Local Directory while the account manager is open. I don't know how it would safely release them and then start using them in the new location. As bug 2654 says, currently TB can only pickup a new location at restart time.