54775 - "n" not granted to traverse next unread message in another folder [not able to create subfolder of Inbox]

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, defect, P3)

Description

[Stephen Clark]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux 2.2.18pre10 i586; en-US; m18) Gecko/20000929
BuildID:    20000929

Right clicking on Inbox brings up popup menu that only allows creation
of another folder, there is no option to create a subfolder							

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
bring up mail right click on Inbox.							

Actual Results:  only have option to create new folder.							

Expected Results:  should say create subfolder, like right clicking on Drafts,
Sent, etc.

Comment 1

[Gilles Durys]

Also seeing this on Build 2000100920 Mtrunk

Comment 2

[scottputterman]

reassigning to jefft. We are purposefully not allowing the Inbox to have subfolders.

Comment 3

[jefft]

Assuming you are using Imap server, it's all depends on the server. If a server 
doesn't set the \Noinferior flag then you can creat a subfolder for it. For 
example, Netscape 4.0 messaging server doesn't allow users to creat subfolders 
under Inbox. Meanwhile, Cyrus server only allow users to create subfolders under 
Inbox.

Comment 4

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

so this is not a bug? Can someone who knows more than me (jefft) mark it Invalid.

Comment 5

[jefft]

Stephen, if you can attach an imap client log that would be helpful to verify
whether that's the case or not. Thanks,

Comment 6

[Stephen Clark]

I am not using imap. Being able to create a subfolder of Inbox is currently 
allowed in Netscape 4.76. Using Netscape I have filters that deposit various 
categories of messages into subfolders of Inbox. When I am viewing my messages 
if I get to the end of unread messages and press the 'n' key I prompted as to 
whether or not I want to go to the next subfolder of Inbox. With Mozilla not 
allowing subfolders I don't get this prompt and have to take my hands of the 
keyboard to use the mouse to select the next folder.

Comment 7

[jefft]

May be we have a terminology conflict here. :-) Correct me if I am wrong. This
isn't a problem of not being able to create subfolder under Inbox. (If you are
using Pop3 client you are definitely able to create subfolder under Inbox.) This
is a problem of not granting keyboard shortcut "n" to traverse to next unread
message in another folder. Updating summary to reflect the problem and reassign
to putterman...

Comment 8

[Stephen Clark]

I have to mail accounts. The first one is an IMAP account at our corp hqtrs. The 
second is a POP3 account at my personal isp gte.net.
In my mail display it looks like
work account - this is the IMAP account
  INBOX
  ...
  Trash
home account - this is the POP3 account
  Inbox
  Trash
  Templates
  Sent

When I right click on INBOX under work account I get a popup that say create 
subfolder of INBOX if I put in a name and say OK I get subfolder under INBOX.

If I right click on Inbox under home account I get a popup that says create a 
subfolder of "work account"! If I enter a name it creates another subfolder 
under work account that is at the same level as Inbox.

I just verified this with last nites build.

Comment 9

[jefft]

Yes, if you have a selection on a folder right click allows you to do four things:

o Open in a New Mail Window
o New Folder ...
o Subscribe ...
o Search Messages ...

New Folder allows you to create subfolder of an existing folder or a server. You
can choose the parent folder/server from the drop down list of the new folder
pop up dialog. For folders cannot be a parent folder the drop down list gray it
out and not allowing it to be selected.

Comment 10

[Keyser Sose]

So is this still a problem or not? :)

Comment 11

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

Worksforme on Mozilla trunk builds
linux 110908 RedHat 6.2
win32 110904 NT 4
mac 110908 Mac OS9

Comment 12

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

*** Bug 60133 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 13

[[e-mail] (gone - use [e-mail] instead)]

VERIFIED WFM on Mac 2000122105.