369862 - Not all used folders are shown in "Recent Folder"

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 370324

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Description

[Paulo Vilela]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; pt-PT; rv:1.8.1.2pre) Gecko/20061023 SUSE/2.0.0.1-0.1 Firefox/2.0.0.2pre
Build Identifier: Gecko/20061023 SUSE/2.0.0.1-0.1 Firefox/2.0.0.2pre

I am using imap with several depths of folders.
The existence or not o a folder in "Recent Folders", a welcome change in 2.0, is inconsistent. After moving a mail to an existing folder, the destination folder sometimes starts to exist in "Recent folders", band othertimes it dowsn'.
I have not been able yet to identify any logic in it.
I frequently use folders 4 times deep "Clientes/Admp_Publica/Min_Ciencia/Biocant", for instance.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1.I really do not know. 
Use IMAP. Use 4 layers of depth in folders
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Expected Results:  
Everytime i move a message to a folder it should show up in Recent Folders

Comment 1

[Robert Rothenberg]

I confirm this with version 2.0.0.6 (20071022).

When I move messages to a folder, or visit folder, the folder is not always added to the recent list.

The semantics of "Recent" are not very clear. Does it mean a folder that new mail has been added to (by filters)? A folder that I've recently selected to view messages in? A folder that I've moved or copied messages to/from?

Comment 2

[Robert Rothenberg]

Also note: I'm using SMTP, not IMAP. 

A folder in "Local Folders" is not added to Recent, but s subfolder of one in Local Folders (actually 2-3 layers deep) is in Recent. 

Comment 3

[Jens Müller (:tessarakt)]

My understanding is "A folder that I've moved or copied messages to/from".

Actually, I observed such a behavior myself just now. My first guess was that the folder was not added to the list "because" it has subfolders.

Comment 4

[Jens Müller (:tessarakt)]

Bug 370324?

Comment 5

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

duping to 370324, which is newer - but it is already confirmed, and has more info

Comment 6

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

question: do you still see this problem?

I have a frequently used 3-deep local folder and it appears in "move again" shortcut and it appears in "recent folders".  But it does not appear on 
  move to > recent

Need to determine if there really is an issue with "deep folders", separate from bug 370324. Or whether new bug is needed.

Comment 7

[Paulo Vilela]

With Thunderbird 3.0 b2 I still have the same problem - both with "move again to" and "recent folders"   . Three layers deep folder.