in my prefs.js, have user_pref("mail.server.server1.directory", "/u/sspitzer/mozillamail"); if /u/sspitzer/mozillamail doesn't exist, and I start up apprunner and run mail / news, and click on "get msg" it fails to get my mail. This gets sent to stderr: User is authenticated. Pop3 Protocol Error: -322 more details: /u/sspitzer/mozillamail.msf gets created but /u/sspitzer/mozillamail doesn't. We need to create /u/sspitzer/mozillamail and possible /u/sspitzer/mozillamail/Inbox on startup. (without /u/sspitzer/mozillamail/Inbox, we'll crash. I'm going to log another bug.)

If this can not be fixed for M4, it should be released noted since sounds too easy to mistype the path.

Ia this all platforms? Or Linuc specific [PP] bug?

Reassign to putterman@netscape.com

setting as M6

Should probably release note this for M5. I'll update the bug to track release note items as we get closer to M5 release.

Using M5 build 1999050423 win32 does not create the mail directory either (per comment under more details:). Therefore, Get Msg doesn't get any messages (per Summary). I haven't checked Mac yet, I'll do that tomorrow (Mail & News is new to mac this week and I haven't tried it yet). I'll mark this as All, if Mac doesn't have the problem I'll edit this bug.

Changing to M10. Admittedly this would be annoying if you mistyped it, but in theory this will eventually be controlled from the account manager preferences. This might have to come back earlier than M10 if it's needed for creating a new account, but until then, I'm pushing this off.

We need to create the directory for PR1, but if creating the directory will be done in the account manager, then maybe the bug should be reassigned to alecf.

Alec, will the account manager be creating the directory for servers in the account manager?

actually, I've been wondering this myself. We should probably decide who's responsible. The nsIMsgIncomingServer should probably be doing this when SetKey is called.

Well, we can decide in M11 because I doubt this will get fixed by tomorrow.

This can't happen anymore since the account manager creates the directories. Resolving worksforme.

Verified.