Thunderbird displays useless "Don't import anything" dialog on first launch

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

I just installed Thunderbird in Ubuntu 6.06, and the first thing it did when I ran it was show me a dialog asking what I wanted to import. That would have been great (I'd like my Evolution settings imported), but there was only one radiobutton in the dialog: "Don't import anything".

If Thunderbird can't find anything to import, it would be much better not to show this window at all.

[Thomas Hotz (thotz-deactivatedaccount)]

I had the same problem, but now I only use Evolution and for me there is not need anymore to import E-mails.

But I've just found some ways to import mails from Evolution to Thunderbird:

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=395122&highlight=import+evolution
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=334394&highlight=import+evolution

Or just search in the forum if this links don't help you.

You should report this directly to the Thunderbird developers (at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/ I think).

Thomas

[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

Thunderbird 1.5.0.4, Ubuntu 6.06

I just installed Thunderbird, and the first thing it did when I ran it was show me a dialog asking what I wanted to import. That would have been great (I'd like my Evolution settings imported), but there was only one radio button in the dialog: "Don't import anything".

If Thunderbird can't find anything to import, it would be much better not to show this window at all.

[Mkmelin+mozilla (mkmelin+mozilla)]

*** Bug 344133 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Timeless-bemail (timeless-bemail)]

Created attachment 229710
look through the known importers before deciding to construct a useless dialog

i hit this bug while using thunderbird for the first time on opensolaris. it was a terrible first run experience.

[Timeless-bemail (timeless-bemail)]

Comment on attachment 229710
look through the known importers before deciding to construct a useless dialog

mozilla/mail/components/migration/src/nsProfileMigrator.cpp 1.10

[Adam Guthrie (ispiked)]

Verified FIXED with Thunderbird version 3 alpha 1 (20060731).

[Adam Guthrie (ispiked)]

Comment on attachment 229710
look through the known importers before deciding to construct a useless dialog

We should get this in on branch.

[Mkmelin+mozilla (mkmelin+mozilla)]

timeless: this has approval‑thunderbird2+

[Mkmelin+mozilla (mkmelin+mozilla)]

This probably caused bug 367723.

[Adam Guthrie (ispiked)]

Comment on attachment 229710
look through the known importers before deciding to construct a useless dialog

Apparently this breaks importing if data exists to import. (See bug 367723.)

Fortunately, timeless did NOT check this in on the 1.8 branch. Removing approval flag until we can figure out what to do.

[Alex Latchford (alex.latchford)]

Can anyone verify that the fix has been released?

Thanks, Alex.

[Hilario J. Montoliu (hjmf) (hmontoliu)]

Assigned to Mozilla Team

[Henrik Nilsen Omma (henrik)]

Still seeing this problem in Gutsy. I have a basic Evolution profile configured.

[Mkmelin+mozilla (mkmelin+mozilla)]

*** Bug 419694 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Magnus Lundborg (lundborg-magnus)]

I can confirm that this bug still exists in Hardy (in its current state).

[Tokoe (tokoe)]

Created attachment 331562
Patch against 1.8 branch

This patch is a backport of the original patch against the 1.8 branch (well, there was not much to change ;))

[Ara Pulido (ara)]

I can confirm that this is still happening in Intrepid

thunderbird:
  Installed: 2.0.0.16+nobinonly-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 2.0.0.16+nobinonly-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 2.0.0.16+nobinonly-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://es.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Noël Köthe (noel)]

will this patch for 1.8 be included?

[Mkmelin+mozilla (mkmelin+mozilla)]

Probably not as the 1.8 branch is for security and crash fixes. This is polish, and thunderbird3 is scheduled to be out in not so many months anyway.

[Dmose (dmose)]

Comment on attachment 331562
Patch against 1.8 branch

Comment 12 sounds right to me: I don't think we'd take this on branch. Because we're resource constrained the only way we can ensure sufficient branch stability is by minimizing the amount of patches we take there. Sorry for not responding to the review request sooner.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package thunderbird - 3.0+nobinonly-0ubuntu1

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thunderbird (3.0+nobinonly-0ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low

  * New Upstream Release 3.0 (THUNDERBIRD_3_0_RELEASE)
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