Closed Bug 388780 Opened 18 years ago Closed 15 years ago

Moving folders does not delete old folder

Categories

(MailNews Core :: Backend, defect)

Product:
MailNews Core
Component:
Backend
Version:
1.8 Branch
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

People

(Reporter: djmarcus, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.1) Build Identifier: 2.0.0.4 (20070604) I used TB to move one subfolder to another part of the subfolder tree (in Local Folders(LF) I moved LF/x/y to LF/y). The old folder has reappeared. I'm pretty sure that when I originally moved the folder the new structure looked correct. I've since restarted TB (to install a FireFox update), and now the old copy of the folder is still at the place I moved it from. By the way, I had filters that would automatically move some email from my inbox to this folder. It is functioning correctly (new email is correctly moved to the new location). [this bug sounds vaguely similar to bug #378299] Reproducible: Sometimes Steps to Reproduce: 1.move a subfolder in Local Folders from one subtree to another 2. 3. Actual Results: Move seemed to work. Sometime later (probably after a restart of TB) the old subfolder reappeared in its orginal location. THe move became a copy.
I have a similar problem with a renamed folder. I renamed the subfolder, but it has now reappeared under its old name.
Can you check your profile folder and see what's there in the mail folder? Anything special about the names? <http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder>
Version: unspecified → 2.0
I've seen the problem occur twice on my system. In the first instance the folder I moved was named 'Gal' (was directly under Local Folders) and I moved it to a subfolder named 'RMNA' - neither of which seem unusual. In the second instance the parent folder that I moved to had a space in the name. Other than that, nothing unusual. I'm not sure what you want me to check for in the 'profile folder' and the mail folder.. can you be more specific?
In <profile>/Mail/Local Folders check if the old files and/or their .msf files have been left behind. As a workaround you should be able to delete them if they are.
I'm sure some of the files were left over, but by now the system recreated what it needed. The real question is why didn't the move (via TB) leave the old copies around after the move? By the way, can anyone point me to a URL that discusses the on-disk file structure of the TB folders. While most things are obvious, it is not entirely obvious to me how TB locates the logical folders and subfolders it maintains. For example, I have a TB folder called F1 and it has a subfolder called F1, yet the top level F1 is a file in the file system but the nested F1 is not.
David, do you still see this problem?
Component: General → MailNews: Backend
Product: Thunderbird → Core
QA Contact: general → backend
Version: 2.0 → 1.8 Branch
Yes, I do. I also believe it is related to another bug where I cannot rename a sub folder.
Product: Core → MailNews Core
(In reply to comment #7) > I also believe it is related to another bug where I cannot rename a sub folder. Is there a bug# for that issue? Can you reproduce with an early release of TB3? http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/early_releases/
If yhou can still reproduce in version 3.1 or a trunk build please reopen the bug.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Resolution: --- → INCOMPLETE
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