522889 - IMAP Inbox File Never Stops Growing

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 518702

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[Josh]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0 Beta 4

The other day I discovered my IMAP "INBOX" file stored in my profile was 5.7GB and growing! Since I discovered it I deleted the file which caused T-Bird to redownload the messages on my IMAP server, now after monitoring the file I'm seeing it grow larger and larger every day. When I first download the 219 messages in my INBOX, the file takes only 20MB which is correct. The problem seems to be, Thunderbird keeps displaying the "Downloading xxx of 219 in Inbox" message in the status bar continuously. Its almost as if its trying to keep re-downloading the messages in my Inbox over and over causing the Inbox file to keep growing. After only a couple days the file is back up to 500MB! I can compact the folders which does bring the file back down to 20MB, but the issue quickly returns and my Inbox file will inevitably grow again. I dont believe this bug existed in Thunderbird 3 Beta 3, I believe it was introduced when I upgraded to Beta 4.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Setup an IMAP Account
2. Synchronize all messages
3. Give it time.
Actual Results:  
Inbox folder stored in my profile just keeps growing with no limit. I have seen it up to 5.7 GB.

Expected Results:  
Limit the Inbox file to the space which is needed, in my case 20MB.

Comment 1

[rsx11m]

Duplicate of bug 519749 which itself was duped against bug 518702. This should be fixed in current nightly builds and the upcoming release candidates.

Comment 2

[[:Aureliano Buendía]]

Cleanup *dupeme* whiteboard flag from bugs that are marked as Resolved Duplicate!