390992 - Error, when closing filter-define window, TB is unable to save the filter rules! [@ FilterListDialog.js :: onFilterClose :: line 396] due to /tmp/tmprules-*.dat files

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 362539

(MailNews Core :: Filters, defect)

Description

[Marcel]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; de; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070803 Firefox/2.0.0.6
Build Identifier: Version 2.0.0.6 (20070803)

Errorlog entry:
Fehler: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0xc1f30001 (NS_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED) [nsIMsgFilterList.saveToDefaultFile]"  nsresult: "0xc1f30001 (NS_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED)"  location: "JS frame :: chrome://messenger/content/FilterListDialog.js :: onFilterClose :: line 396"  data: no]

I have tried several ideas, from recompile to editing the msgFilterRules.dat by hand... 
Gentoo Linux 32bit System with gentoo-kernel 2.6.20r8, further information like C-Flags or emerge --info, if needed.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Start Thunderbird
2.Choose one of your emailAccounts (i've got 5)
3.Open the Filterrules dialog enter something
4.Close that window, and if you've opened the errorlog, an error flashes up
5.Close your Thunderbird and every filter rule you've defined is gone
6.With the next startup of TB, you have to define them all again. 
Actual Results:  
Filter rules gone, they are stored as long as TB runs, but if you close the application your defined rules are gone. Happens with every Account, Rules defined with an earlier version, which are stored in the files, are accepted, but new rules won't be saved.

Expected Results:  
Save the rules in the msgFilterRules.dat file. 

Well, i use a gentoo linux system, here my emerge --info:
Portage 2.1.2.11 (default-linux/x86/2007.0, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.5-r4, 2.6.20-gentoo-r8 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.20-gentoo-r8 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz
Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9
Timestamp of tree: Sat, 04 Aug 2007 14:50:01 +0000
distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled]
ccache version 2.4 [enabled]
dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.33-r1
dev-lang/python:     2.4.4-r4
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6
dev-util/ccache:     2.4-r7
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.17
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.61
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10
sys-devel/binutils:  2.17
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.16
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.23b
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.21
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium4 -mfpmath=sse -mmmx -msse2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c"
CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium4 -mfpmath=sse -mmmx -msse2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="ccache distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/gentoo/ http://gentoo.inode.at/ http://gentoo.inode.at/source/ ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/gentoo"
LANG="de_DE.utf8"
LC_ALL="de_DE.utf8"
LINGUAS="de en"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage /usr/portage/local/layman/xeffects"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X acl acpi alsa arts berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dri dvd fortran gdbm glitz gpm iconv ipv6 isdnlog java jpeg kde libg++ midi mmx mp3 mudflap ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl openmp pam pcre perl png pppd python qt readline reflection samba session spl sse sse2 ssl svg tcpd truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode v4l vorbis x86 xinerama xorg zeroconf zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="de en" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon fglrx vesa"
Unset:  CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS

Comment 1

[Marcel]

Okay, there IS a solution for this problem, just delete all tmprules* files from your /tmp directory. Thanks to Jan, who mailed me this!

Comment 2

[Alex Litvak]

I spent several days on fighting this problem with Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 on opensuse 10.2.  This work around saved what remains of my sanity.   Some one please work on it !!!

Same message:

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0xc1f30001 (NS_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED) [nsIMsgFilterList.saveToDefaultFile]"  nsresult: "0xc1f30001 (NS_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED)"  location: "JS frame :: chrome://messenger/content/FilterListDialog.js :: onFilterClose :: line 396"  data: no]

Comment 3

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

confirming based on multiple reports.  might get fixed bug 375292?

Comment 4

[Manel Rodero]

This happens too in Windows versions 2.0.0.0 to 2.0.0.6.

Comment 5

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Dupe of bug 362539?

Comment 8

[Willie Reid]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Okay, there IS a solution for this problem, just delete all tmprules* files
> from your /tmp directory. Thanks to Jan, who mailed me this!
> 
I have the same problem but I cannot find these files on my Win XP sr2 system.

Comment 9

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Try a nightly branch build (what will be the next security release): http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/nightly/latest-mozilla1.8/

If you still have a problem with that, file a new bug with details.

Comment 10

[Willie Reid]

I will file a new bug but I should have said in comment #8 that it's the trunk build I'm having the problem with. (Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9b3pre) Gecko/2008012803 Thunderbird/3.0a1pre ID:2008012803).

The branch is fine.

Comment 11

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Yeah, that's being worked on in bug 413680.

Comment 12

[Willie Reid]

Thanks, I'll switch attention to that bug.