Bug 153383

Summary:	BCC fields should not be converted to To fields
Product:	[Applications] kmail	Reporter:	Thomas Friedrichsmeier <thomas.friedrichsmeier>
Component:	composer	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	NOR
Version:	1.9.8
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Thomas Friedrichsmeier 2007-12-03 22:45:25 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.8)
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages

Case 1: Compose a new message, add a receiver as "To:" add two more receivers as "BCC". Now remove the "To:"-address (using the arrow button). The first BCC address is now converted to a "To:"-address.

Case 2: Compose a new message, add two receivers as "BCC:", remove the first. The second is now converted to a "To:"-address.

For CC addresses it's nice to convert them to To, automatically, when the original To field is removed, but for BCC this really should not happen. When I enter an address as BCC, I simply don't want it to be visible to any other reciepients, for reasons of privacy, spam control, or others. Setting an address as a BCC - in contrast to just adding it as a CC - is a deliberate decision to hide that address. KMail should not try to undo that decision for me.

It's ok to warn me about a missing To field, it's not ok to convert a BCC to a CC or To, automatically.

Comment 1 Thomas Friedrichsmeier 2007-12-07 00:25:02 UTC

SVN commit 745748 by tfry:

Do not convert BCC to To without user interaction (it clearly looks like that has never been intended, as well).
BUG: 153383

 M  +3 -3      recipientseditor.cpp  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=745748