Closed Bug 169642 Opened 22 years ago Closed 22 years ago

unable to delete / remove / rename subfolder when "/" is used in foldername

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, defect)

x86
Windows 2000
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 140212

People

(Reporter: m_pleunes, Assigned: sspitzer)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826 In my inbox folder I created a subfolder called 'SURF / SARA'. When I want to move a message to this folder, the following error pop up: 'The messages could not be moved or copied to folder 'SURF / SARA' because writing to folder failed. To Gain diskspace, from the file menu, first choose empty trash, and then choose compact folders, and the try again.' If I want to delete the folder: a confirmation pop up appears, Click 'ok' and the folders isn't deleted. When I want to rename the folder a error pop up appears: 'The folder could not be renamed. Perhaps the folder is being reparsed, or the new name is not a valid folder name.' I also created a folder called 'm / m' the same problem occurs... Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. create a folder SURF / SARA in the inbox 2. try to delete / rename it or copy messages to this folder 3. Actual Results: 1. The folder appeared as a subfolder in the inbox 2. couldn't delete / rename it or copy messages to it Expected Results: delete / rename or copy messages to it
There are a lot of reports like this by and by... a quick search turns up bug 131013, bug 120559, bug 140212, bug 142464, bug 168595
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 140212 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
MARKING VERIFIED AS A DUPLICATE
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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