44038 - Need to create special folders for Imap accounts before being used

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 25146

(MailNews Core :: Backend, defect, P3)

Description

[scottputterman]

Currently when we create Imap accounts, we don't create Sent, Drafts or 
Templates folders. However, we do allow you to save on the Sent, Drafts or 
Templates folder in the Copies and Folder panel of the account settings.  This 
is allowed because when the user does something that would require the use of 
these folders, we should create the folder for them. The goal is not to create 
the folder on the server until it is first needed.

The bug is that the folders aren't being created. This means that if the user 
tries to copy a folder to Sent or save a draft to Drafts, the action will fail.  
In the case of Sent it brings up a dialog that doesn't really tell you what 
happened and in the case of Drafts it fails silently.

Comment 1

[scottputterman]

nominating for beta2.

Comment 2

[rudman]

Copying Simone for possible wordsmithing of the dialog. Sorry, I don't have the 
text at hand (Simone, this is the dialog I mentioned to you earlier today---see 
me and I can re-create it). The dialog text implies the message isn't even sent.

One other behavior worth noting---the message remains on-screen even when the 
dialog is dismissed. That behavior, plus the misleading dialog, suggests to the 
user that the message has not been sent, though in fact it has been.

Comment 3

[Jay Patel [:jay]]

Putting on [nsbeta2+] radar for beta2 fix. 

Comment 4

[Karen Huang]

Is this bug dup of bug 25146?

Comment 5

[lchiang]

yes, I think so.  Leave to scott/jeff to decide.

Comment 6

[scottputterman]

marking as a dup of 25146. I'd looked for a dup but couldn't find it yesterday.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 25146 ***

Comment 7

[Karen Huang]

verified as duplicate.