Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: thunderbird
When setting up a movemail account in Thunderbird, the wizard provides
the option to the Global Inbox with the account. However, this type of
account seems not to support the global inbox.
To reproduce:
- Create a new account of type 'Unix Mailspool (Movemail)'. In the wizard
choose 'Use Global Inbox' (it is checked by default).
- Send mail to yourself (verify that it arrived with ls -l /var/mail/<username>)
- Get mail for the movemail account
Expected behaviour:
- new messages from the /var/mail/username mailbox are moved to the global
inbox under the Local Folders account.
Observed behaviour:
- Nothing happens, the Local Folders account does not even have an 'Inbox'
folder.
- Instead, messages are copied to the account-local inbox
(.mozilla-thunderbird/.../Mail/localhost/Inbox).
- In the movemail account settings, there is no option to control the use of
the global inbox (as with POP accounts).
Without the global inbox option reading mail works.
Note: I have no other account configured which could make use of the global
inbox (only IMAP accounts) -- in case this matters.
thunderbird 2.0.0.17+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
Package: mozilla-thunderbird None [modified:
/var/lib/dpkg/info/mozilla-thunderbird.list]
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LC_TIME=en_DK.utf8
PATH=/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/tcsh
SourcePackage: thunderbird
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686
** Affects: thunderbird (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug
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movemail account does not work with global inbox
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/299261
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