368790 - Option "Check this folder for new messages" cannot be set for IMAP folders

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[Joachim Breuer]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.1) Gecko/20070116 Firefox/2.0.0.1
Build Identifier: version 1.5.0.9 (20070115)

I have an IMAP inbox with quite a few hierarchical folders, eMail gets delivered to a number of them using server-side filtering.

The Option "Check this folder for new messages" is set for those folders where I'd like to be notified about new messages (possibly set using a (way) older version of TB, and unchanged since); which number about 20 - roughly a third of the total IMAP folders in this account.

Recently, I was adding a new subfolder (via TB) and then set up the server-side filters to get mail delivered into it.

When I was trying to select "Check this folder for new messages", the following happens:

1. I open the Properties dialog of the folder I want to apply this option to, it opens on the "General Information" tab
2. I select "Check this folder for new messages", a checkmark appears in the selection box next to this option
3. I select "OK", the dialog closes
4. I open the Properties dialog of this folder again, the box next to "Check this folder for new messages" appears *unchecked* again

Also, this folder is not checked for new messages - hardly surprising.

As far as I could determine, this happens with every folder which does not yet have "check this folder for new messages" set.

Question: Where is the information whether a specific folder should be checked for new messages stored? Locally? On the IMAP server? In what file/flag/format?
I'm more than happy to help debug this...

Until I have a rough idea for a workaround for this problem (hand-editing a config file or somesuch) I am loath to try to unset 'Check this folder for new messages' on one of my active folders...


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. I open the Properties dialog of the folder I want to apply this option to (and which does not have "Check this folder for new messages" already set), it opens on the "General Information" tab
2. I select "Check this folder for new messages", a checkmark appears in the selection box next to this option
3. I select "OK", the dialog closes

Actual Results:  
I open the Properties dialog of this folder again, the box next to "Check this folder for new messages" appears *unchecked*.

Also, the folder is not checked for new messages.


Expected Results:  
I would have expected the "Check this folder for new messages" option to be checked and, also, the folder to be checked for new messages.

I have observed this problem on different, albeit similar, TB installations (home as well as work) against the same IMAP server/account - hence the question whether the "Check this folder for new messages" flag is stored server-side and there's simply something wrong with the IMAP server.

The IMAP server is bincimap 1.2.12.

Comment 1

[David :Bienvenu]

Is there anything on the tools | error/javascript console when you do this? Do you have any extensions installed?

Comment 2

[Joachim Breuer]

David, you hit the nail square on the head:

The erroneous behaviour only occurs with TempFromFcc.xpi installed (http://www.supportware.net/mozilla/).

So, no bug on mozilla's part.

I'll dig around in TempFromFcc and take this up with its maintainer should the need arise.

As an aside, there are no messages logged to the JS console.

[Off-Topic: Is 'INVALID' the right resolution for 'NOTOURFAULT'? :-) ]

Comment 3

[David :Bienvenu]

Invalid is fine, we would also take WFM :-)