556513 - after migrating to version 3.0: the filtered messages do not appear in the designated folder

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Thunderbird :: Folder and Message Lists, defect)

Description

[Khaled]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.2) Gecko/20100316 Firefox/3.6.2 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: 3.0.4

a previously set message filter on the inbox of an imap mail, is supposed to move certain messages to a certain subfolder, however, the matching messages disappear from the inbox, but do not appear in the designated folder, instead, they appear only in the conglomerated inbox in the smart folder view!!! Then only after i read one of these messages, it appears later in the designated folder (not a consistent behavior). Also in the status bar at the bottom, it keeps telling that is moving "or moved" thousands of messages from the inbox to the designated folder, although nothing changes in both the inbox and the designated folders as regards the number of messages.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a subfolder in imap mail account
2. setup a new filter on imap mail to move certain messages to the new subfolder
3.run filter
Actual Results:  
Messages disappear from inbox, but cannot be displayed in the new subfolder

Expected Results:  
searching in the smart view on the main inbox (conglomerated): the messages are there.

Comment 1

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

So they first appear in the unified folder view before the folder they've been moved to right ?

Is it the case in safe mode? (see https://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode for more information)

Comment 2

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

=> incomplete
not our preferred method of resolving bugs, but not much choice with no response from reporter.
if you still see the problem, please add more detail, based on usage of version
3.1.1 or higher.

see also http://getsatisfaction.com/mozilla_messaging