445239 - Thunderbird won't import local folders to redirected locations defined in prefs.js by autoconfig

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 255039

(Thunderbird :: Migration, defect)

Description

[Anthony Lanni]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686 (x86_64); en-US; rv:1.8.1.13) Gecko/20080311 Firefox/2.0.0.13
Build Identifier: version 2.0.0.12 (20080213)

This is a weird one, I know, but here goes.

We use the autoconfig to manage user profiles.  We want to redirect Local Folders to be in a location other than %APPDATA%\Thunderbird\Profiles\profileName (in this case it is for Windows, although I suspect the same problem holds true in other operating systems).  To do this the following is part of the autoconfig:

     pref("mail.server.server2.directory", "Y:\\Email\\Local Folders");

This works properly, sets the preferences, creates the folders, etc.  HOWEVER...

when migrating an existing account from Mozilla, Local Folders in Mozilla are successfully migrated - to %APPDATA%\Thunderbird\Profiles\profileName\Mail\Local Folders, NOT to the the location designated in the prefs.js file.

I assume the import function is happening before the prefs.js is built.  I'd like a way to control where the folders are imported to - it does not have to be done in the autoconfig, another method is perfectly acceptable.  In the grand scheme I think that the autoconfig being read after the import is correct.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Have an existing profile in Mozilla, including Local Folders, and none in Thunderbird.
2.  Set up an autoconfig that changes the location of the Local Folders mail server directory to a non-default location.
3.  Start Thunderbird, import your settings from Mozilla.
Actual Results:  
Local Folders from Mozilla don't appear in Thunderbird, which is pointing the Local Folders server to the custom directory specified in the autoconfig.

Mozilla's local folders are imported to the default location in the user's profile.

Expected Results:  
Mozilla local folders imported into the custom folder path specified, either in the autoconfig javascript or in some other way (which would probably mean *both*).

Comment 1

[Joshua Cranmer [:jcranmer]]

I think this would satisfy your request.

Comment 2

[Joshua Cranmer [:jcranmer]]

Sorry, typo.