601455 - Some selected folders in the saved searched folders are not always backed up when I launch Thunderbird.

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 705080

(Thunderbird :: Folder and Message Lists, defect)

Description

[yel]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; fr-FR; rv:1.9.2.10) Gecko/20100915 Ubuntu/10.04 (lucid) Firefox/3.6.10
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; fr-FR; rv:1.9.2.9) Gecko/20100915 Thunderbird/3.1.4

When I launch Thunderbird, some selected folders in the saved searched folders are not always backed up when I run it again.
So I have to select them again at the next launch.
This always happens after a system boot. And sometimes, though rarely, when I relaunch Thunderbird without rebooting.
These are often the same issues that are deselected, but sometimes there are others.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Launch Thunderbird
2. Open the properties of a saved searched folder
3. Click on the "Choose..." button
4. Some folders that were selected last time are no longer selected.
5. Select them and click OK twice.
6. Quit Thunderbird and start it again (in option after rebooting). 
Actual Results:  
Some folders that were selected last time are no longer selected when you open again the properties of the saved searched folder.

Expected Results:  
The selection is saved between sessions.

Comment 1

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

What do you have in Tools -> error console when it happens ?

Does this happens on all restart ?

Does starting thunderbird in safe-mode helps ?

Comment 2

[yel]

(In reply to comment #1)
> What do you have in Tools -> error console when it happens ?
Nothing.

> Does this happens on all restart ?
Yes, always.
 
> Does starting thunderbird in safe-mode helps ?
No, there is no difference.

Comment 3

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

Hum can you regularly save the virtualFolders.dat file that is in your profile (it's the file that manages virtual folders), so we can see what's going on with that file ?

Comment 4

[yel]

I saved this file for 2 to 3 days at different times (boot, start of thunderbird, regularly during use and after leaving thunderbird).
The comparison of different versions of the file shows that after leaving thunderbird some folders are deleted from the scope property of each virtual folder.

Since my last post I upgraded to versions 3.1.5 and 3.1.6 and there are no changes.

Comment 5

[David :Bienvenu]

Can you attach the two versions of virtualFolders.dat so we can see which folders are removed? Or e-mail them to me...thx.

Comment 6

[yel]

Attachment: My virtualFolder.dat files while using TB and after leaving it

Here's an anonymised version of my virtualFolder.dat files.
There was one that was copied during the use of TB. The scope properties contains all the desired folders.
The second was copied after leaving TB. Some folders were missing from the scope properties.

Comment 7

[WADA:World Anti-bad-Duping Agency]

> Line=6 uri=mailbox://nobody@Local%20Folders/Messages%20non%20lus
> Line=7 scope=...

Missing folders at scope of Line=7 in "virtualFolders after leaving TB.dat" :
> |mailbox://[e-mail]/Trash
> |mailbox://[e-mail]/Trash
> |mailbox://[e-mail]/Trash

Local Trash case is dup of Bug 596794.
> Bug 596794 emptying local trash deletes saved search over local trash folder
Do you enable option of "Empty Trash upon exit"?

(In reply to comment #6)
> Some folders were missing from the scope properties.

What kind of folder other than Trash were missing in the past?
Did you see on Junk? ("Empty Junk" also deletes folder?)
Did you delete/redefine folders placed in scope= line?

Comment 8

[WADA:World Anti-bad-Duping Agency]

"Empty Junk" of Tb 3.1.5 didn't produce "removal of Junk folder from scope line".

Did you rename folders placed in scope line?

Virtual folder is automatically deleted by rename of search target folder(checked with Tb 3.1.5).
  1. A virtual folder named VF, Search target = F1, F2 (local mail folder)
  2. Rename F1 to F1X
     => F1 is removed from scope, if virtualFolders.dat is updated by Tb
  3. Rename F2 to F2X => Virtual folder of VF is removed from folder pane.
If virtual folder, "Rename of search target folder" seems same as Delete for Tb.
Already known phenomenon?
If message filter, "Rename of a folder" or "move of a folder" is automatically reflected to message filter rules.

Note on "message filter" and "delete of folder":
If "delete of a local mail folder", folder is moved under local Trash folder. Tb 3.1.5 showed warning of "filter rule is disabled due to delete" upon folder delete operation. However, "move/copy target folder" in a filter rule was changed to "folder under local Trash" and filter rule was kept enabled.
If "Empty Trash" is executed, "folder under local Trash" is deleted, then the filter rule is disabled upon next message filter execution with warning, as before.

From user's perspective, consistent behaviour is desirable, on both virtual folder and message filter, among folder delete, folder rename, folder move by user.

Comment 9

[WADA:World Anti-bad-Duping Agency]

duping to bug 705080 which has clear problem description, for ease of problem analysis and tracking.