diff --git a/mailnews/imap/public/nsIImapServerSink.idl b/mailnews/imap/public/nsIImapServerSink.idl
index fa79d18eafe..999f22834f5 100644
--- a/mailnews/imap/public/nsIImapServerSink.idl
+++ b/mailnews/imap/public/nsIImapServerSink.idl
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ interface nsIImapServerSink : nsISupports {
 
 	void SetCapability(in unsigned long capability);
 
+	void GetImapStringByID(in long aMsgId, out wstring aString);
 	void FEAlert(in wstring aString);
 	void FEAlertFromServer(in string aString);
 	void CommitNamespaces();
diff --git a/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapIncomingServer.cpp b/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapIncomingServer.cpp
index 0d0e90be3d9..f58f920e15a 100644
--- a/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapIncomingServer.cpp
+++ b/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapIncomingServer.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include "nsRDFCID.h"
 #include "nsINetSupportDialogService.h"
 #include "nsEnumeratorUtils.h"
+#include "nsIStringBundle.h"
 
 static NS_DEFINE_CID(kCImapHostSessionList, NS_IIMAPHOSTSESSIONLIST_CID);
 static NS_DEFINE_CID(kImapProtocolCID, NS_IMAPPROTOCOL_CID);
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ private:
     PRBool ConnectionTimeOut(nsIImapProtocol* aImapConnection);
     nsCOMPtr<nsISupportsArray> m_connectionCache;
     nsCOMPtr<nsISupportsArray> m_urlQueue;
+	nsCOMPtr<nsIStringBundle>	m_stringBundle;
     nsVoidArray					m_urlConsumers;
 	PRUint32					m_capability;
 	nsCString					m_manageMailAccountUrl;
@@ -1155,7 +1157,8 @@ NS_IMETHODIMP  nsImapIncomingServer::FEAlertFromServer(const char *aString)
 		if (whereRealMessage)
 			whereRealMessage++;
 
-		PRUnichar *serverSaidPrefix = IMAPGetStringByID(IMAP_SERVER_SAID);
+		PRUnichar *serverSaidPrefix = nsnull;
+		GetImapStringByID(IMAP_SERVER_SAID, &serverSaidPrefix);
 		if (serverSaidPrefix)
 		{
 			nsAutoString message(serverSaidPrefix);
@@ -1169,6 +1172,56 @@ NS_IMETHODIMP  nsImapIncomingServer::FEAlertFromServer(const char *aString)
     return rv;
 }
 
+/* This is the next generation string retrieval call */
+static NS_DEFINE_CID(kStringBundleServiceCID, NS_STRINGBUNDLESERVICE_CID);
+
+#define IMAP_MSGS_URL       "resource:/chrome/messenger/locale/en-US/imapMsgs_en-US.properties"
+
+NS_IMETHODIMP  nsImapIncomingServer::GetImapStringByID(PRInt32 aMsgId, PRUnichar **aString)
+{
+	nsAutoString	resultString = "???";
+	nsresult res = NS_OK;
+
+	if (!m_stringBundle)
+	{
+		char*       propertyURL = NULL;
+
+		propertyURL = IMAP_MSGS_URL;
+
+		NS_WITH_SERVICE(nsIStringBundleService, sBundleService, kStringBundleServiceCID, &res); 
+		if (NS_SUCCEEDED(res) && (nsnull != sBundleService)) 
+		{
+			nsILocale   *locale = nsnull;
+
+			res = sBundleService->CreateBundle(propertyURL, locale, getter_AddRefs(m_stringBundle));
+		}
+	}
+	if (m_stringBundle)
+	{
+		PRUnichar *ptrv = nsnull;
+		res = m_stringBundle->GetStringFromID(aMsgId, &ptrv);
+
+		if (NS_FAILED(res)) 
+		{
+			resultString = "[StringID";
+			resultString.Append(aMsgId, 10);
+			resultString += "?]";
+			*aString = resultString.ToNewUnicode();
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			*aString = ptrv;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		res = NS_OK;
+		*aString = resultString.ToNewUnicode();
+	}
+	return res;
+}
+
+
 nsresult nsImapIncomingServer::GetUnverifiedFolders(nsISupportsArray *aFoldersArray, PRInt32 *aNumUnverifiedFolders)
 {
 	// can't have both be null, but one null is OK, since the caller
diff --git a/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapMailFolder.cpp b/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapMailFolder.cpp
index 022435910b8..0d016753c37 100644
--- a/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapMailFolder.cpp
+++ b/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapMailFolder.cpp
@@ -2798,7 +2798,18 @@ NS_IMETHODIMP
 nsImapMailFolder::ProgressStatus(nsIImapProtocol* aProtocol,
                                  PRUint32 aMsgId, const char *extraInfo)
 {
-	PRUnichar *progressMsg = IMAPGetStringByID(aMsgId);
+	PRUnichar *progressMsg = nsnull;
+
+	nsCOMPtr<nsIMsgIncomingServer> server;
+	nsresult rv = GetServer(getter_AddRefs(server));
+	if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv) && server)
+	{
+		nsCOMPtr<nsIImapServerSink> serverSink = do_QueryInterface(server);
+		if (serverSink)
+			serverSink->GetImapStringByID(aMsgId, &progressMsg);
+	}
+	if (!progressMsg)
+		progressMsg = IMAPGetStringByID(aMsgId);
 
 	if (aProtocol && progressMsg)
 	{
diff --git a/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapProtocol.cpp b/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapProtocol.cpp
index 07f7290b049..0dda2003804 100644
--- a/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapProtocol.cpp
+++ b/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapProtocol.cpp
@@ -3696,9 +3696,11 @@ nsImapProtocol::AlertUserEventUsingId(PRUint32 aMessageId)
 {
     if (m_imapServerSink)
 	{
-		PRUnichar *progressString = IMAPGetStringByID(aMessageId);
+		PRUnichar *progressString = nsnull;
+		m_imapServerSink->GetImapStringByID(aMessageId, &progressString);
 
         m_imapServerSink->FEAlert(progressString);
+		PR_FREEIF(progressString);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -3732,7 +3734,8 @@ nsImapProtocol::ShowProgress()
 	if (m_progressStringId)
 	{
 		PRUnichar *progressString = NULL;
-		progressString = IMAPGetStringByID(m_progressStringId);
+		if (m_imapServerSink)
+			m_imapServerSink->GetImapStringByID(m_progressStringId, &progressString);
 		if (progressString)
 		{
 			// lossy if localized string has non-8-bit chars, but we're 
@@ -3782,7 +3785,7 @@ void
 nsImapProtocol::PercentProgressUpdateEvent(PRUnichar *message, PRInt32 percent)
 {
 
-	int64 nowMS;
+	PRInt64 nowMS;
 	if (percent == m_lastPercent)
 		return;	// hasn't changed, right? So just return. Do we need to clear this anywhere?
 
diff --git a/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapStringBundle.cpp b/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapStringBundle.cpp
index 9d55a6ce5c7..d16b31c3715 100644
--- a/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapStringBundle.cpp
+++ b/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapStringBundle.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ IMAPGetStringByID(PRInt32 stringID)
 	NS_WITH_SERVICE(nsIStringBundleService, sBundleService, kStringBundleServiceCID, &res); 
 	if (NS_SUCCEEDED(res) && (nsnull != sBundleService)) 
 	{
-		nsCOMPtr<nsIURI>	url;
 		nsILocale   *locale = nsnull;
 
 		nsIStringBundle* sBundle = nsnull;
diff --git a/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapUrl.h b/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapUrl.h
index fb69a6e3454..e830b6369ac 100644
--- a/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapUrl.h
+++ b/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapUrl.h
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ protected:
 	nsCOMPtr <nsIImapServerSink> m_imapServerSink;
 
     // online message copy support; i don't have a better solution yet
-    nsISupports* m_copyState;   // ** not refcount'd
+    nsCOMPtr <nsISupports> m_copyState;   // now, refcounted.
     nsIFileSpec* m_fileSpec;
 };