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22 bytes removed, 10:24, 20 November 2015
fix the page structure
== Maildir ==
pass successfully with maildir enabled as the default mailbox storage format.
=== Enable Maildir mailbox format ===
If you want to experience maildir, you need to set the string pref
"mail.serverDefaultStoreContractID" to "@mozilla.org/msgstore/maildirstore;1".
to work with maildir so as to avoid any dataloss that might occur.
=== Operations now successful with Maildir ===
There are still a few issues left to be addressed with maildir implementation. But a number of
issues were addressed. So far,
* Sub folder directories are created at the expected place now. See [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1017939 bug 1017939]
=== 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]
=== Methods that may result in Process crash ===
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.

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