616302 - Attached email causes Thunderbird 3.1.6 Mac and Windows 7 to goto "not responding"

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[Roland Tanglao needinfo please :rolandtanglao, :mohnkuchen, :adobo, :sinigang, :roland]

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #559252 +++

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100401 Firefox/3.6.3
Build Identifier: V2.xx and 3.xx

I used to use Thunderbird versions 2.xx, but I repeatedly had problems with email, previously downloaded and read or deleted, being downloaded again and again, sometimes hundreds of them.

I use Freepops to access the Yahoo pop accounts. I also have Gmail IMAP accounts, which give no trouble with Thunderbird.

I have researched this problem in depth, but found no real concrete solution. The various "corrupt file deletion" suggestions don't do anything.

You might want to say this is a problem with Freepops.... but the fact of the matter is, after all the trouble with Thunderbird 2.xx, I (regretfully) switched to The Bat, using all the same accounts and Freepops.

The Bat NEVER ONCE downloaded messages twice from Yahoo in the 2 years I have been using it.

When Thnderbird 3 came along, I thought I would try again. I like the new Thunderbird, but THE SAME PROBLEM STILL EXISTS! It downloads hundreds of emails already downloaded and marked as read or deleted! I can delete an email from one Yahoo account and the next time Thunderbird checks email, it's back! I can do this ad infinitum. I have tried all the "delete corrupt file" suggestions, but nothing changes it.

I am running The Bat and Thunderbird in parallel now and the problem is all too repeatable. I would prefer to use Thunderbird, but I need to use an email program for email, not to spend time repeatedly cleaning up the inbox.

This problem has been around for quite a while, but nothing is being done about it.

To reinforce the issue, I repeat that this DOES NOT HAPPEN WITH THE BAT so this is a REAL ISSUE with Thunderbird.

In the meantime, I will have to continue using The Bat, though I sincerely hope Thunderbird will be fixed and I can dump The Bat.

Feel free to contact me if you need more info or want me to try to help resolve this problem, I really do want to use Thunderbird.

As mentioned above, Thunderbird handles IMAP accounts perfectly, I am slowly trying to get rid of the old Yahoo accounts, but it's not so easy! Also, as mentioned above, this problem has persisted since I first started trying to use Thunderbird, probably 3 years or more ago, and is still here in the latest version.

The fact that this doesn't happen with The Bat (and probably other clients, I don't have time to try) really indicates that there is undeniably something amiss in Thunderbird.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start Thunderbird.
2.Nothing else needed, auto mail downloads start and there you are.
3.
Actual Results:  
As above, starting Thunderbird, which has automatic email download on startup enabled, is all that's needed.

Expected Results:  
Duplicate emails are downloaded, sometimes a lot, sometimes not all every time, some of them always.

downloaded only what has not already been downloaded....

Comment 1

[Roland Tanglao needinfo please :rolandtanglao, :mohnkuchen, :adobo, :sinigang, :roland]

setting to resolved because this bug was accidentally submitted, my apologies

Comment 2

[rsx11m]

This can't be "FIXED" though, either mark as INVALID/WFM or duplicate.