[Bug 966428] [NEW] IMAP: Draft message composed offline is deleted when thunderbird is closed

[komputes]

Public bug reported:

Draft message composed offline is deleted when thunderbird is closed.
There is no warning given to the user.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Setup IMAP account in Thunderbird
2. Compose message
3. File > Offline > Work Offiline (No Sync) 
4. Write message
5. Save message
6. Close Thunderbird
7. Open Thunderbird

Result: Message lost.

Expected: One of the following two scenarios:
1) Save it to a local (On this PC) Drafts folder while offline.
2) Warn the user that teh data will be lost unless they save the file while online.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: thunderbird 11.0+build1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.32-generic-pae 3.2.12
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic-pae i686
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  komputes   1951 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20120313202109
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0x90420000 irq 49'
   Mixer name	: 'SigmaTel STAC9271D'
   Components	: 'HDA:83847627,80862501,00100201'
   Controls      : 45
   Simple ctrls  : 25
Channel: release
Date: Tue Mar 27 13:25:10 2012
ForcedLayersAccel: False
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120222)
IpRoute:
 default via 10.153.108.1 dev eth6  proto static 
 10.153.108.0/24 dev eth6  proto kernel  scope link  src 10.153.108.150  metric 1 
 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth6  scope link  metric 1000
IwConfig:
 lo        no wireless extensions.
 
 eth6      no wireless extensions.
 
 eth1      no wireless extensions.
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=11.0/20120313202109 (Running)
RfKill:
 
RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: thunderbird
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-23 (4 days ago)
WifiSyslog:
 
dmi.bios.date: 06/05/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
dmi.bios.version: MQ96510J.86A.0372.2006.0605.1717
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: DG965MQ
dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
dmi.board.version: AAD37419-102
dmi.chassis.type: 2
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrMQ96510J.86A.0372.2006.0605.1717:bd06/05/2006:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnDG965MQ:rvrAAD37419-102:cvn:ct2:cvr:

** Affects: thunderbird (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise release-channel

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