#46 INBOX view shows no NEW mail

[Leonard Sitongia]

Hi,

I'm testing the latest in CVS (without my own modifications).
When there's a mail message in my inbox (as I can see on
the server), the INBOX view says there's

INBOX (1 new out of 1)

but further down on the page it says

There are no messages in this Mailbox.

==Leonard

[Leonard Sitongia]

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I started again with a fresh copy, and a fresh database, and am
puting jwma through its paces. I have not had this problem.

So, I would like to retract this bug report. :-)

==Leonard

[Leonard Sitongia]

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My usual mail client is Kmail, using IMAP. My mailbox on the
server has three messages in it, none of which I've read.
However, there are two other messages, that I have read, which
show up in Kmail, and in Jwma, but ARE NOT in my system
mailbox. Where does IMAP get them from ? I cannot find them
in visible or dot files in my mail folder.

Kmail shows the new messages, but Jwma does not. The
messages view in Jwma is only of the two messages I've read
that are not in my system mail box.

==Leonard

[Leonard Sitongia]

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When I read new messages in Kmail, then quit (without saving or
deleting them), they disappear from my system mail file (where
does Kmai/IMAP put them??), but they are then visible in Jwma.

Jwma appears to only show read mail.

==Leonard

[Dieter Wimberger]

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Leonard,

I could not reproduce this problem so far. I will investigate a little bit, but I am wondering, because there was no change between the package from my working copy to the CVS _except_ for the fixes >=1 from your bug report.

A diff should show this too.

Regards,
Dieter

[Leonard Sitongia]

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Dieter,

I thought there were big changes between what you sent me and
what is now in CVS, especially the removal of JPIM code.

I've compared my sources to CVS. The only differences are
debug statements I've added.

I suspect that interaction with my use of Kmail is causing this
trouble. I'm going to do more experiments.

==Leonard

[Leonard Sitongia]

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Well, it took me a while to figure this one out. It is bizzare
behavior by JavaMail (and Kmail, too, I think). It's about the
mbox.

If mbox exists, then Kmail copies read mail there. If it doesn't
exist, then Kmail keeps the read mail in the /var/mail!

If mbox exists, then JavaMail shows mail in there, but does NOT
show mail in /var/mail!

So, I was not seeing new mail in Jwma because I happened to
have an mbox (used unknowningly to me, by Kmail). Once the
mbox is gone, I see new mail.

This means that the JavaMail meaning of INBOX changes
depending on whether there is an mbox. We already knew it
was a magical name, but not that magical! :-)

So, there isn't a bug here!

==Leonard