455720 - Moving messages from folder to folder needs to "delete" as it goes

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Thunderbird :: Folder and Message Lists, defect)

Description

[bruce reeves]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)
Build Identifier:  2.0.0.16 (20080708)

If i am moving a large number of messages from folder to folder (in this case from one server to another), the program needs to "delete" as it goes ... otherwise, if it crashes, I have to manually determine what messages it has already "moved" so I can delete the originals before I try again.  This is very painful.

E.g., if I have 60 messages in folder A and I am moving them to folder B on a different server, and either server throws an error say at message 28, I have to go manually delete the 27 messages that were successful from folder A before I begin again or I get duplicate messages.

It would be better if it moved message 1 (and really moved it - i.e. deleted it from folder A upon successful move) and then moved messages 2, etc.

Thanks.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start moving a bunch of messages from folder 1 to folder 2 (on different servers)
2. Do something to interfere with the transfer (disconnect your internet perhaps)
3. Whatever messages successfully moved before the break will now be in both places.
Actual Results:  
Manual intervention to keep from having duplicate messages when finished.

Expected Results:  
Messages that were successful actually moved.

Comment 1

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

are you imap or pop?

Comment 2

[[:Aureliano Buendía]]

Bruce could answer to comment #1, please?

Comment 3

[Joshua Cranmer [:jcranmer]]

RESO INCO due to lack of response to last question. If you feel this change was made in error, please respond to this bug with your reasons why.