79956 - Empty trash on first run after migration deletes trash folder

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(MailNews Core :: Database, defect, P3)

Description

[Tommi Huhta]

Took empty trash from file menu on mail&news. The trash folded of an account
disappeared. Now it won't delete any messages.

Comment 1

[R.K.Aa.]

Please always include a build ID (or otherwise indicate when the build was made)

A similar bug 66295 was reported on Windows, but later marked WFM.

Comment 2

[Sheela Ravindran]

buildid:  2001051006 empty trash works for me. Trash folder was not deleted.  
Reporter,
Are you able to reproduce?

Comment 3

[Tommi Huhta]

> ------- Additional Comments From [e-mail]  2001-05-10 11:53
-------
> buildid:  2001051006 empty trash works for me. Trash folder was not deleted.
> Reporter,
> Are you able to reproduce?

Yes, I just did it again. I did "rm -rf .mozilla" and i started mozilla
again and I let it convert my settings from Netscape 4.7. Then I clicked
on the mail icon at the lower left area, did File-Empty trash, and it
happened again. I did it twice - Same thing - Trash was no longer there.

It is really peculiar if it happens only on me. I'm, using the 0.9 for
Linux.
My system is Mandrake 7.2 and my hardware is AMD K6-2-350, Asus A5B
mother, 192 Mb mem. If it helps.

                                Tommi

Comment 4

[David :Bienvenu]

So you didn't have any database filesn(.msf) at all for your trash folder
because you removed them all? I'll try that and see if it causes the problem.

Comment 5

[David :Bienvenu]

I was not able to recreate this on windows 2K. I'm not sure why this would
linux-specific. Can you recreate this by just deleting the .msf files, and not
running the profile migration?

Here's what I did:

delete the .msf files for my local directory.
restart, open the local inbox, and do a file | empty trash

The trash folder was not deleted.

Comment 6

[Tommi Huhta]

Trash wasn't deleted just by deleting .msf files on Linux either. 

I tried to look at the problem closer. I deleted .mozillla again and converted
from 4.7 again. 
Then after 'empty trash' trash folder disappears from the folder list, but
actually it is neither deleted or emptyed. After restart trash is there again
with all the messages in it.
So is there a database of existing folders somewhere and the conversion program
doesn't do it right, mozilla mail gets confused but fixes it on exit. I don't know.

Comment 7

[David :Bienvenu]

This might be related to a profile migration problem that Cavin is working on.
Cc'ing him.

Comment 8

[David :Bienvenu]

changing summary and priority.  I'll go add myself to the cc list of the bug
that Cavin is working on and try to get you to retest this after he fixes the
profile migration problem.

Comment 9

[jlarsen]

I'm seeing a very simular bug, that happend very differently. I have a 6.1
profile that I started using when 6.1 came out, and have regularly been using it
for my email, today when I went to delete an email, it refused to delete that
email, or any other email in that folder. And I couldn't drag drop that email to
trash or any folder within that server. (but could drop it into the trash bin in
the local folder) I tried to empty the trash bin, and the trash bin disappeared,
and then reappeared when I restarted the program, but still didn't work. So I
don't think this is nessesarly a profile migration thing, something just broke,
and I don't know what. Any suggestions in how to fix this profile? (note other
profiles work fine)

Comment 10

[jlarsen]

Ok now it started crashing right after emptying trash/trash dissapearing
Talkback TB34477544E

Comment 11

[jlarsen]

Ok very strange, after crashing it 3 times (may have been 2 wouldn't swear on
the count) it suddenly started working fine. And I can delete items and empty
trash like normal. Sorry I only have that talkback from the first crash.
BTW this all was in Window 98
:)

Comment 12

[David :Bienvenu]

unfortunately, I can't get through to talkback to look at the stack. Johnlar,
are you using IMAP or POP3?

Comment 13

[jlarsen]

POP, and strangly there does seem to be an option to show me the stack to a
talkback I sent, in the program. I can only delete them, is there something I'm
missing?

Comment 14

[Sheela Ravindran]

Here is the stack trace submitted by Johnlar as per the talkbackid given in this bug

Stack  Signature: nsMsgDatabase::GetThreadForSubject

nsMsgDatabase::GetThreadForSubject
[d:\builds\seamonkey\mozilla\mailnews\db\msgdb\src\nsMsgDatabase.cpp, line 3186]
nsMsgDatabase::ThreadNewHdr
[d:\builds\seamonkey\mozilla\mailnews\db\msgdb\src\nsMsgDatabase.cpp, line 3247]
nsMsgDatabase::AddNewHdrToDB
[d:\builds\seamonkey\mozilla\mailnews\db\msgdb\src\nsMsgDatabase.cpp, line 2569]
nsMsgMailboxParser::PublishMsgHeader
[d:\builds\seamonkey\mozilla\mailnews\local\src\nsParseMailbox.cpp, line 351]
nsMsgMailboxParser::HandleLine
[d:\builds\seamonkey\mozilla\mailnews\local\src\nsParseMailbox.cpp, line 415]
nsMsgLineBuffer::ConvertAndSendBuffer
[d:\builds\seamonkey\mozilla\mailnews\base\util\nsMsgLineBuffer.cpp, line 218]
nsMsgLineBuffer::BufferInput
[d:\builds\seamonkey\mozilla\mailnews\base\util\nsMsgLineBuffer.cpp, line 191]
nsMsgMailboxParser::ProcessMailboxInputStream
[d:\builds\seamonkey\mozilla\mailnews\local\src\nsParseMailbox.cpp, line 272]
nsMsgMailboxParser::OnDataAvailable
[d:\builds\seamonkey\mozilla\mailnews\local\src\nsParseMailbox.cpp, line 74]
nsMailboxProtocol::ReadFolderResponse
[d:\builds\seamonkey\mozilla\mailnews\local\src\nsMailboxProtocol.cpp, line 503]
nsMailboxProtocol::ProcessProtocolState
[d:\builds\seamonkey\mozilla\mailnews\local\src\nsMailboxProtocol.cpp, line 663]
nsMsgProtocol::OnDataAvailable
[d:\builds\seamonkey\mozilla\mailnews\base\util\nsMsgProtocol.cpp, line 243]
nsOnDataAvailableEvent::HandleEvent
[d:\builds\seamonkey\mozilla\netwerk\base\src\nsStreamListenerProxy.cpp, line 188]
PL_HandleEvent [d:\builds\seamonkey\mozilla\xpcom\threads\plevent.c, line 591]
PL_ProcessPendingEvents [d:\builds\seamonkey\mozilla\xpcom\threads\plevent.c,
line 524]
_md_EventReceiverProc [d:\builds\seamonkey\mozilla\xpcom\threads\plevent.c, line
1072]
KERNEL32.DLL + 0x24407 (0xbff94407)
0x00688b5e 

Comment 15

[Whit Blauvelt]

Emptying trash deletes the Trash folder on Linux rc3 as well as today's nightly
build. This is with rc3 installed as root and run as a user, then with the
nightly build installed as the user Mozilla is run as. After Trash is lost, mail
cannot be deleted. The mail is POPed, the boxes are local.

Comment 16

[Andrew Websdale]

*** Bug 225368 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 17

[Oleg Sidletskiy]

*** Bug 220631 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 18

[Oleg Sidletskiy]

*** Bug 220631 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 19

[dumpsite]

Are there any updates on this bug?  I see the same behavior in WinXP.  I saw this bug happen in v1.0, and still in v1.07.  It doesn't seem to matter whether I'm doing an update or not.  When I let my trash folder accumulate enough emails, I empty it, causing the folder to dissappear and preventing me from any further deletes.  When I close and reopen Thunderbird, the folder reappears and I can delete mail files again.  

Comment 20

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

as with bug 45777...
->WONTFIX since 4.x migation has been dropped on trunk. 

If one has an overwhelming need to see this fixed on branch, please attach a patch and reopen the bug.  Also, evaluate whether the issue is a bug or an enhancement request and adjust severity accordingly.
filter bugmail for "4.xmidrop" to delete these messages.