Open Folders Feature Test Plan

Feature Test Spec

5.0 Project (Sea-Monkey)
Mail and News Component
Folders: Open

Written by: Stacey Curtis

References:
UI Specification:
Other:
Approx. number of test cases: 97

Description: Opening Folders (Selecting and displaying or otherwise manipulating the message store of)

.	Access methods (can be performed while following the test cases contained in other tables)	Notes	Expected Outcome (if not obvious)
1	Direct: Single-click (in folder pane)	.	.
2	Direct: Context menu "open" item	.	.
3	Navigate: Via a form of "next" navigation from a previous mail folder	All forms of such navigation will be tested in the navigation test plan.	.
4	Navigate: Via a form of "next" navigation from a previous mail folder	All forms of such navigation will be tested in the navigation test plan.	.
5	Filter a message to	.	.
6	File or copy a message to	.	.

	Top-level folder with no subfolders	Notes	Expected Outcome (if not obvious)
1	Via access method #1	(Exception: for Cyrus IMAP servers, top-level under the inbox)	.
2	Via access method #2	.	.
3	Via access method #3	.	.
4	Via access method #4	.	.
5	Via access method #5	.	.
6	Via access method #6	.	.

	Top-level folder of hierarchy	Notes	Expected Outcome (if not obvious)
1	Via access method #1	(Exception: for Cyrus IMAP servers, top-level under the inbox)	.
2	Via access method #2	.	.
3	Via access method #3	.	.
4	Via access method #4	.	.
5	Via access method #5	.	.
6	Via access method #6	.	.

	Folder in middle of hierarchy	Notes	Expected Outcome (if not obvious)
1	Via access method #1	.	.
2	Via access method #2	.	.
3	Via access method #3	.	.
4	Via access method #4	.	.
5	Via access method #5	.	.
6	Via access method #6	.	.

	Folder at bottom of hierarchy (20-30 levels deep)	Notes	Expected Outcome (if not obvious)
1	Via access method #1	.	.
2	Via access method #2	.	.
3	Via access method #3	.	.
4	Via access method #4	.	.
5	Via access method #5	.	.
6	Via access method #6	.	.

	NoSelect folder	Notes	Expected Outcome (if not obvious)
1	Via access method #1	IMAP only. See how to create a NoSelect folder in Create folder test plan.	(Folder should not be openable)
2	Via access method #2	.	.
3	Via access method #3	.	.
4	Via access method #4	.	.
5	Via access method #5	.	.
6	Via access method #6	.	.

	Messages-only folder	Notes	Expected Outcome (if not obvious)
1	Via access method #1	IMAP-only. See how to create a messages-only folder in Create folder test plan.	.
2	Via access method #2	.	.
3	Via access method #3	.	.
4	Via access method #4	.	.
5	Via access method #5	.	.
6	Via access method #6	.	.

	Dual-use folder	Notes	Expected Outcome (if not obvious)
1	Via access method #1	IMAP only. See how to create a dual-use folder in Create folder test plan.	.
2	Via access method #2	.	.
3	Via access method #3	.	.
4	Via access method #4	.	.
5	Via access method #5	.	.
6	Via access method #6	.	.

	Folder with unusual ascii characters	Notes	Expected Outcome (if not obvious)
1	Via access method #1	(Try several, as done in the create folders test plan)	.
2	Via access method #2	.	.
3	Via access method #3	.	.
4	Via access method #4	.	.
5	Via access method #5	.	.
6	Via access method #6	.	.

	Local folder	Notes	Expected Outcome (if not obvious)
1	Via access method #1	.	.
2	Via access method #2	.	.
3	Via access method #3	.	.
4	Via access method #4	.	.
5	Via access method #5	.	.
6	Via access method #6	.	.

	Movemail folder	Notes	Expected Outcome (if not obvious)
1	Via access method #1	.	.
2	Via access method #2	.	.
3	Via access method #3	.	.
4	Via access method #4	.	.
5	Via access method #5	.	.
6	Via access method #6	.	.

	Sent folder	Notes	Expected Outcome (if not obvious)
1	Via access method #1	.	.
2	Via access method #2	.	.
3	Via access method #3	.	.
4	Via access method #4	.	.
5	Via access method #5	.	.
6	Via access method #6	.	.

	Drafts folder	Notes	Expected Outcome (if not obvious)
1	Via access method #1	.	.
2	Via access method #2	.	.
3	Via access method #3	.	.
4	Via access method #4	.	.
5	Via access method #5	.	.
6	Via access method #6	.	.

	Trash folder	Notes	Expected Outcome (if not obvious)
1	Via access method #1	.	.
2	Via access method #2	.	.
3	Via access method #3	.	.
4	Via access method #4	.	.
5	Via access method #5	.	.
6	Via access method #6	.	.

	Templates folder	Notes	Expected Outcome (if not obvious)
1	Via access method #1	.	.
2	Via access method #2	.	.
3	Via access method #3	.	.
4	Via access method #4	.	.
5	Via access method #5	.	.
6	Via access method #6	.	.

	Inbox	Notes	Expected Outcome (if not obvious)
1	Via access method #1	.	.
2	Via access method #2	.	.
3	Via access method #3	.	.
4	Via access method #4	.	.
5	Via access method #5	.	.
6	Via access method #6	.	.

	Subfolder of Inbox	Notes	Expected Outcome (if not obvious)
1	Via access method #1	.	.
2	Via access method #2	.	.
3	Via access method #3	.	.
4	Via access method #4	.	.
5	Via access method #5	.	.
6	Via access method #6	.	.

	Perform these additional tasks	Notes	Expected Outcome (if not obvious)
1	Open a folder with a very large number of messages (5,000)	.	Note time taken. Compare it to 4.5 performance.
2	Open an empty folder	.	.
3	Open a folder with read-only privileges	Use Messaging Server 4.0 to set privilege levels.	.
4	Open a shared folder	Only if folder sharing is in 5.0, which looks unlikely.	.