[Users] [Bug 4640] New: Moving (sorting) accounts creates account duplication.

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https://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4640

            Bug ID: 4640
           Summary: Moving (sorting) accounts creates account duplication.
           Product: Claws Mail (GTK 2)
           Version: GIT
          Hardware: PC
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: Other
          Assignee: users at lists.claws-mail.org
          Reporter: linux.felixbecker2 at gmx.de

Created attachment 2307
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https://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=2307&action=edit
Screenshot of account duplication after account moving and restart of
claws-mail.

I have a lot of email accounts configured (used only for sending), since I use
different email dresses for almost any different purpose (especially for each
new web registration I use a dedicated email adress).

Now I wanted to categorise those accounts. To do so, I have created
"placeholder accounts" that have a name like "--- Category ---", and only the
bare minimum data filled in in order for claws-mail to accept it, so that I can
easily distunguish them when I select in the compose window an account to use.

Then I use the "Edit accounts..." window to move accounts around, and quite
often I need scrolling in order to reach the new place.

Quite often I then see that accounts get duplicated:

* After quitting claws-mail, `clawsker` errors out with messages like
  ```
  Error: duplicate section 'Account: 56' in resource file
'/home/[...]/.claws-mail/accountrc'
  ```
* I have to manually edit the `accountrc` in order to remove the duplicate.
* In the "Edit accounts..." window in claws-mail they at first do not appear
duplicated, but when I restart claws-mail they appear duplicated.
* Not every move creates a duplicated account.


Manually sorting my accounts via manually editing the `accountrc` is not a
viable option because it is too easy to mess things up.


I cannot provide my accountrc for privacy and security reasons, but I at least
suppled a screenshot with obfuscation, see attachment.


### claws-mail version:

* Latest git checkout,
* compiled against gtk2.
* `claws-mail --version`: `3.19.0git86`.
* Latest git commit hash: 15c070cb3
* Latest git commit date: 2022-10-20

Build on Arch Linux from the AUR[1] according to this recipe:
https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=claws-mail-gtk2-git,
especially with the following options passed to `./configure`:

```
--prefix=/usr
--disable-static
--enable-shared
--enable-nls
--enable-manual
--enable-libsm
--enable-ipv6
--enable-gnutls
--enable-enchant
--enable-crash-dialog
--disable-generic-umpc
--enable-compface
--enable-pthread
--enable-startup-notification
--enable-dbus
--enable-ldap
--enable-jpilot
--disable-networkmanager
--enable-libetpan
--disable-valgrind
--disable-alternate-addressbook
--enable-svg
--enable-deprecated
--enable-acpi_notifier-plugin
--enable-address_keeper-plugin
--enable-archive-plugin
--enable-att_remover-plugin
--enable-attachwarner-plugin
--enable-bogofilter-plugin
--enable-bsfilter-plugin
--enable-clamd-plugin
--enable-dillo-plugin
--disable-fancy-plugin
--enable-fetchinfo-plugin
--enable-gdata-plugin
--enable-libravatar-plugin
--enable-litehtml_viewer-plugin
--enable-mailmbox-plugin
--enable-managesieve-plugin
--enable-newmail-plugin
--enable-notification-plugin
--enable-pdf_viewer-plugin
--enable-perl-plugin
--enable-python-plugin
--enable-pgpcore-plugin
--enable-pgpmime-plugin
--enable-pgpinline-plugin
--enable-rssyl-plugin
--enable-smime-plugin
--enable-spamassassin-plugin
--enable-spam_report-plugin
--enable-tnef_parse-plugin
--enable-vcalendar-plugin
--enable-demo-plugin
```

[1]
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/claws-mail-gtk2-git

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