358813 - Thunderbird does not show any message in IMAP mailbox when only ONE message in mailbox.

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 358635

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Description

[Matt Dudziak]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20061010 Firefox/2.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20061010 Firefox/2.0

The problem is that if you use a different client or machine to put one message into an IMAP mailbox (such that the TOTAL number of messages in the mailbox is one), Windows Thunderbird will not 'notice' that unread message, and will indicate that the message does not contain any messages. Syncing the mailbox with other clients will show that the message is indeed in the mailbox; Thunderbird just does not 'see' it. Moving a second message to the mailbox causes Win Thunderbird to 'notice' the messages and display both. All future messages are shown as well. It is just the first message, when alone, that is not seen. Note, I am only able to reproduce this in Windows Thunderbird. Mac Thunderbird sees only the one message in a mailbox just fine.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create an _empty_ IMAP mailbox. 
2. Optionally set Thunderbird to check mailbox for new messages on mail check
3. Using a different client (Mac Thunderbird, Eudora etc.) move exactly ONE message into the test mailbox from step 1. Make the message an 'Unread' message.
4. Using Windows Thunderbird (Version 2 beta1 (20061029) tested) check mail.
5. If mailbox from step 1 was set to be checked for new messages, note mailbox does not indicate it contains any unread messages
6. Click on mailbox in mailbox list.
7. Note that mailbox displays as empty. The test message is not 'seen' by Thunderbird.
8. Using a different client, transfer another message to test mailbox
9. In Win Thunderbird, check mail again, and click on test mailbox again. 
10. Note that mailbox now shows that it contains TWO messages, which is correct.

The bug is that the mailbox never showed that it contained ONE message.


Actual Results:  
Mailbox does not show message when mailbox only contains one message

Expected Results:  
Mailbox should show the one message in the mailbox.

Comment 1

[Calum Mackay]

see also bugs: 358748, 358821

Comment 2

[David :Bienvenu]

does this work with today's build?

Comment 3

[Matt Dudziak]

(In reply to comment #2)
> does this work with today's build?
> 

So far it appears to be working correctly in today's build. I'll let you know if I am able to reproduce after further testing.

Matt

Comment 4

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

bug 358748 was duped to bug 358635
duping this to bug 358635

bug 358821 is still open