Closed Bug 232001 Opened 21 years ago Closed 19 years ago

Semicolon in folder names prevent opening of mails in folder

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, defect)

x86
Windows 98
defect
Not set
minor

Tracking

(Not tracked)

RESOLVED EXPIRED

People

(Reporter: gildseth, Unassigned)

References

(Blocks 1 open bug)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031111 Debian/1.5-2.backports.org.1 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007 I renamed some folders in my inbox, and the new names contained a semicolon ";". Although I was able to see the mails, drop mails into the folder, and see the from, subject etc, I was unable to view the mail, move it out of the folder, or reply to the mail. Renaming the folder, removing the semicolon removes the problem, giving me access to the mails in the folder again. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Rename a folder in your inbox, to contain a semicolon in the foldername 2. 3. Actual Results: What is described in the details box Expected Results: Let me read and reply to the mails
WORKSFORME on Thunderbird 0.7.3 Release build(Win-2K). Creation/renaming/move/delete folder has no problem and folder is accessible always. Reporter, your problem is posiibly Bug 65303. > new folder created with same name as previously renamed folder contains phantom mail - crashes when read Old Mozilla had problems on renaming of folder. - If previously used folder name is used on folder creation, old file information is used from garbage even after restart. But this has been slightly improved. Current Mozilla still has renaming problem but this is only when previously used folder name is used again without restart. Does problem still occur on latest Mozilla release?
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
I tested this on my Windows 2000 box and the bug exists on this system too. Also putting the "#" (pound) symbol in the subfolder's name also prevents messages from being read.
(In reply to comment #2) > I tested this on my Windows 2000 box and the bug exists on this system too. > Also putting the "#" (pound) symbol in the subfolder's name also prevents > messages from being read. What is your Mozilla build ID you've tested? What is yor locale of OS? What is exact folder name? What files were created/renamed when folder of "#" and ";" are defined/renamed? (See mail directry just after folder creation/renaming) Please note that : Because patch of Bug 262018(for both "#" and ";" problem) for Mozilla trunk was checked-in on 11/18, older build is required to problem recreation, and newer build is required for fix verification. By the way, folder name of ";"(file name =";" when the patch was not applied) did not have problem on Japanese MS Win even before the patch. (After patch, hashed name is used as file name for folder of ";") But Bug 262018 comment #0 talks about ";" just before "/" in URI and problem when this case has been fixed by the patch. Do you know special meaning of ";" in file name/path name on Unix? (I only know first ".", hidden file, and last "~", back up file or home directry indicator on Unix)
Assignee: sspitzer → mail
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Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → EXPIRED
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