45777 - POP limit download message size pref doesn't migrate.

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(MailNews Core :: Profile Migration, defect, P3)

Description

[laurel]

Using july 18 commercial build


The pref limit_message_size and max_size which corresponds to the 6.0 account
settings ui "Limit message download to N kb per message" for POP servers doesn't
migrate from 4.x.

1.  Open a POP mail profile in 4.x. 
2.  In 4.x set the download limit on and specify a size.  Location of the pref
in 4.x ui is: Edit|Preferences|Mail&Newsgroups|Disk Space|"Do not store messages
locally that are larger than N kb."
3.  Exit 4.x and migrate that profile to 6.0.
4.  In 6.0 launch to mail and check the pref setting in both ui and prefs.js.
The ui location in 6.0 is Edit|Account Settings|<POP account name>|Server
panel|"Limit message download to Nkb per message." Prefs.js lines for 6.0 should
be as follows:
    user_pref("mail.server.server1.limit_message_size", true);
    user_pref("mail.server.server1.limit_message_size", <number you set>);

Result:  Pref is not enabled in ui, Nkb limit is at default size.  Prefs.js
lines for 6.0 are not present.

Comment 1

[David :Bienvenu]

nominating for nsbeta3

Comment 2

[selmer (gone)]

Adding mail4 triage nomination keyword.

Comment 3

[scottputterman]

reassigning to naving

Comment 4

[lchiang]

mail6 per bug triage.

Comment 5

[scottputterman]

mail triage marking [nsbeta3-]

Comment 6

[scottputterman]

Sorry for the extra email. Removing mail6 keyword.

Comment 7

[Kristi Fredrickson]

Adding to "Upgrading to Netscape 6" Guide

Comment 8

[Navin Gupta]

profile migration, over to bhuvan 

Comment 9

[scottputterman]

reassigning to srilatha.

Comment 10

[grylchan]

though not as important, the same would apply to imap mail as well.

Comment 11

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

does this still happen?  Or, doesn't it matter?

Comment 12

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

->WONTFIX since 4.x migation has been dropped on trunk.