Beware: Thunderbird (ver 3.0.1) CORRUPTS all email state

[Parag N(पराग़)]

Hi,
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Steve Dickson <SteveD at redhat.com> wrote:
> BEWARE!
>
> [Bug 559312] thunderbird corrupts mail indices (Old mail marked as new)
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559312
>
> For the last 24hrs all my mail state (read/unread, all tags) have
> been completely destroyed. DO NOT upgrade to version 3.0.1!!!
>
> Most of us really take pride in making sure what we push out to
> the community has been tested and will not be disruptive
> or destructive. Then there a small group of people that simply
> don't give a damn what they push out or the havoc they cause.
> This makes the *entire* community look like crap...

Ah! I have already updated Thunderbird and observing this really
strange behavior since last 2 days.

>
> My goal here is twofold. One alert everyone that your mail will
> be destroyed if you upgrade to 3.0.1 and to shine light on
> shoddy work in hopes they will take pride in one, fixing the
> problem ASAP and two change their process so things like
> stop happen...
>
> IMHO... events like this is the reason why Linux (Fedora explicitly)
> is having such a hard time being accepted the mainstream....

 Anyway, thanks for this information and hope to see fix soon.

Regards,
Parag.