468306 - getItemGUID generates GUIDs for recently removed items

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 484026

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Description

[Dan Mills [:thunder]]

If an item is removed and you remember its item ID and call getItemGUID for it (you can do so manually in the error console), it will generate a new one.  It should throw an error.

I discovered this problem while trying to figure out bug 468305 in Weave.  I don't think they are related, though.  I suspect this problem has something to do with expiration.

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

Bug 451915 - move Firefox/Places bugs to Firefox/Bookmarks and History. Remove all bugspam from this move by filtering for the string "places-to-b-and-h".

In Thunderbird 3.0b, you do that as follows:
Tools | Message Filters
Make sure the correct account is selected. Click "New"
Conditions: Body   contains   places-to-b-and-h
Change the action to "Delete Message".
Select "Manually Run" from the dropdown at the top.
Click OK.

Select the filter in the list, make sure "Inbox" is selected at the bottom, and click "Run Now". This should delete all the bugspam. You can then delete the filter.

Gerv