382227 - offline-sync: error message about non existing "empty" folders (containing only subfolders) does NOT contain the name of the folder that causes the problem

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 66860

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[tormen]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070309 Firefox/2.0.0.3
Build Identifier: Thunderbird Version 2.0.0.0 (20070326)

Hi.

About IMAP offline sync: If there is a "empty" folder that only contains another imap folder, but does not store messages this is detected by the folder subscription code of thunderbird: These folders are in an italic font and you cant select them.
Unfortuntly this isn't the case for the offline folder selection window.
Which causes thunderbird to display a warning when trying to open these "non-existing" folders when offline-syncing:

"Warning" The actual command was not successfull. The Mail-Server answered: Unable to open this mailbox..

But thats all. No word about /what/ mailbox thunderbird is talking.

This should be a bug:
This error message should contain the name of the folder that thunderbird tried to offline-sync. 

Because if you have MANY folders it is really a pain in the ass to control all folders in the offline sync selection window, if the folder has mails inside or is just an "empty" folder that only contains subfolders.

Greetings,

tormen.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. create imap folder mkdir .BLA.blub/ (on the imap-server)
2. select folder BLA (that contains only the subfolder blub, but does not exist as a single mailbox (with mails), for offline sync (via thunderbird)
3. offline sync
Actual Results:  
Window pops up:
"Warning" The actual command was not successfull. The Mail-Server answered: Unable to open this mailbox..


Expected Results:  
Window pops up:
"Warning" While trying to offline sync the folder "BLA" from "imap.server.eu" could not be opened! The Mail-Server answered: Unable to open this mailbox..


I am using a courier-imap daemon on a gentoo linux box:

net-mail/courier-imap
     Installed versions:  4.0.6-r2(12:21:57 04/08/07)(berkdb -debug fam gdbm ipv6 nls -selinux)

Comment 1

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Or bug 214854.