Description of problem: After Set the last *number* of messages in the Edit->Account Settings->Offline & Disk Space,the folder properties still keep the default setting Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Go to Edit->Account Settings->Offline & Disk Space 2. check option "Delete all old messages but the last *number* messages", set $NUMBER to 1. 3.click "OK" 4.choose any folder of this account, go to Edit->Folder Properties, in Tab "Retention Policy" Actual results: In the Folder Properties the "Retention Policy" the checked option is still the default one "Don't delete any messages" Expected results: option "Delete all but the last 2 messages" is checked in the Folder Properties the "Retention Policy" Additional info: in fedora 9 there is also the problem thunderbird-2.0.0.14-1.fc9
I don't think this will be fixed for RHEL4, which support covers now only security and major bugs. Closing as WONTFIX.