366361 - Thunderbird ignoring preference mail.migration.copyMailFiles

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Thunderbird :: Migration, defect)

Description

[Brian Freeman]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.1) Gecko/20061204 Firefox/2.0.0.1
Build Identifier: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9

This also occurs under Solaris

We are setting a global preference of:

pref("mail.migration.copyMailFiles", false);

to keep local mail directories from getting copied over, but Thunderbird is always ignoring this. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create profile in Mozilla/Seamonkey with a "Local Mail" folder under home directory (such as $HOME/Mail)
2. Set the copyMailFiles option in thunderbird/greprefs/all.js
3. Launch Thunderbird and migrate. 
Actual Results:  
Contents of home mail directory gets copied under .thunderbird/[profile]/Mail/Local Folders

Expected Results:  
Thunderbird should set the "Local Folders" to what it was under Mozilla/Seamonkey

Comment 1

[Gary Kwong [:gkw] [:nth10sd] (NOT official MoCo now)]

Reporter, does the issue still occur in the latest supported 2.0.0.x / Shredder trunk nightlies?

(1.5.0.x is end-of-life and the latest supported 2.0.0.x is 2.0.0.17)

Comment 2

[Joshua Cranmer [:jcranmer]]

RESO INCO per lack of response to last question. If you feel this change was made in error, please respond to this bug with your reasons why.