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283 bytes removed, 10:23, 20 November 2015
updates the page with new bugs related to maildir
== Maildir ==
Hi,
[https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Pluggable_Mail_Stores Pluggable Stores] explains very nicely why we need
other pluggable stores. My project this summer under [https://mozillians.org/en-US/?next=/en-US/u/rkent/ R Kent James (:rkent)] 's project was to make our existing test suite to
pass successfully with maildir enabled as the default mailbox storage format.
 
We have the implementation of maildir mail store in the backend. And users can enable it
in Thunderbird. But, while making these tests pass with maildir, we found a number of issues
in the backend implementation and fixed most of them. And, we hope that soon we will be able
to allow maildir without any fear of dataloss.
=== Enable Maildir mailbox format ===
=== Operations still unsuccessful with Maildir ===
The major issues left with maildir are that of IMAP.
* Move to maildir local folders sometimes fail. See [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=859011 bug 859011], [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1215722 bug 1215722].
* Rename of IMAP folders is in progress. See [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=857436 bug 857436]
Please don't use CopyService for any copy operations in the source code if you are using maildir. As of now,
we haven't addressed this bit and copying using CopyService results in process crash.
 
I will keep editing this page to keep everyone updated with the status of maildir implementation in Thunderbird.
 
Thanks.
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