Closed Bug 41943 Opened 24 years ago Closed 24 years ago

don't call PerformExpand() on startup for imap servers

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, defect, P3)

x86
All
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

VERIFIED FIXED

People

(Reporter: sspitzer, Assigned: sspitzer)

Details

(Whiteboard: fix in hand)

we call perform expand on any servers that are expanded (open) in the folder
pane on start up of messenger.

see PerformExpandForAllOpenServers() in msgMail3PaneWindow.js

I added that originally so that we'd update the unread counts for news.
we recently implemented PerformExpand() for imap servers.

we talked it over and we are not going to do this for imap.

I've got the fix for this.  I'll check in today.
accepting.
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Keywords: nsbeta2
Whiteboard: fix in hand
Target Milestone: --- → M17
I'm going to check in once the tree opens.

I think there might be other bugs out there that will go away once I fix this.

if you know of any, please mark them as duplicates.
fix checked in.
marking fixed.
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
I think the reason we turned this off for imap was to avoid making multiple
connections to the imap server.

david, do you remember if there was another reason?  I can't remember
I think that was probably it - if we're going to select the inbox anyway, it's
going to do folder discovery, and that will probably still be going on when we
open the inbox, so two connections will get used.

It's probably OK to do PerformExpand on the non-default servers, i.e., the ones
that aren't going to have the inbox opened (unless it causes a password prompt,
which we don't want - perhaps another reason not to do this)
QA Contact: lchiang → stephend
Verified FIXED:

We've added a check in
http://lxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source/mailnews/base/resources/content/msgMail3PaneWindow.js#613

611                     var server = msgFolder.server;
612                     // Don't do this for imap servers. See bug #41943
613                     if (server.type != "imap")
614                         server.performExpand(msgWindow);

after getting (server), we check the (type) property and if it's not IMAP, then
we call performExpand() and pass in the msgWindow object.

I know everybody cc:ed on this bug knows that, but hey, I'm learning JS...
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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