74592 - Can't delete mail from Inbox

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 74591

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, defect)

Description

[Eric Lambart]

BACKGROUND:
Sometimes I can't delete ANY messages from one of my Inboxes.  So far I have
only seen this problem with my SECONDARY email account, although I use it much
more than the primary and this may be coincidental.

I am using build 2001040214 but have had this problem over the past few weeks
with other recent builds.  It is intermittent, I have not figured out how to
reproduce it, but I will tell as much as I know.

MORE DETAILED SYMPTOMS (identical every time): 
After selecting a message in my Inbox, I cannot delete the message.  I have
tried the <Del> key, the toolbar <Delete> button, and Edit|Delete Message from
the menu, none fo them work.  I can switch to a different mail box, or even the
Inbox of my other email account, and delete works just fine.

Unfortunately there seem to be no debugging output for message deletion, as I
have tried running mozilla -mail from the shell prompt and I see plenty of other
debug msgs but nothing happens even when I _successfully_ delete a message. 
Maybe I could tell you something more helpful if there was some feedback there.

WORKAROUND:
No sure workaround known.  This problem goes away eventually, but I think it's
only after restarting mozilla a couple of times.

I just tried deleting my Inbox.msf file and the problem still exists.  This has
consistently fixed another problem I sometimes have where I cannot open the
Inbox (it stalls indefinitely with the wristwatch icon).

OK, I just restarted mail again, and now I can delete from the Inbox.  I just
replied to a message, and I'm kicking myself because I'm not sure if I tried to
delete _before_ replying to the message so I don't know if replying/composing a
msg is at all related.  I had just replied to a msg before encountering this
problem, but I hadn't tried to delete anything today before that.

I will add more comments as I find out more symptoms, but maybe someone else has
this problem (a bug search for "can't delete mail" didn't come up with a match.)

Comment 1

[Eric Lambart]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 74591 ***

Comment 2

[laurel]

Verified as a duplicate.