Bug 139293

Summary:	Subfolders not inheriting parent identity setting
Product:	[Unmaintained] kmail	Reporter:	Bill Anderson <bill>
Component:	folder list	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	normal	CC:	bjoern, gmetal31
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	junior-jobs
Version:	1.9.5
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Gentoo Packages
OS:	Linux
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Description Bill Anderson 2006-12-27 23:28:44 UTC

Version:           1.9.5 (using KDE KDE 3.5.5)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages
Compiler:          GCC 3.4.6 
OS:                Linux

Scenario Conditions:
 * Disconnected IMAP
 * Multiple identities
 * A folder with a non-default identity

Upon creating a subfolder the default identity is assigned instead of the new subfolder inheriting the parent's identity.

Note this is not the same thing as  http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37198 which refers to recursive application of identity changes. Though given this bug that would be really nice. ;)

Comment 1 Björn Ruberg 2010-01-01 23:24:39 UTC

Confirmed in KDE 4.3

Comment 2 George Metaxas 2010-12-17 21:43:58 UTC

I do not think that the default identity is assigned to the subfolder (at least not anymore). I think that this bug is (at least with the trunk version) a matter of changing the wording of the "Use default identity" checkbox. I tried the following:
- Two identities (one the default)
- Two DIMAP accounts, each assigned a different identity.
I then added a subfolder to a folder of each of the accounts and proceeded to check the folder properties. Indeed, in the folder properties dialog, the "Use default identity" checkbox was checked in both cases. However, in the Sender identity combo, the displayed identity was different. After investigating the code which controls this dialog, it appears that the Sender identity combo box, takes its value (irrespective of whether it is grayed out or not) from the identity assigned to the subfolder. In conclusion, I think that renaming the "Use default identity" checkbox to something like: "Use Account Identity" will be sufficient.

Comment 3 Laurent Montel 2015-04-12 10:21:07 UTC

Thank you for taking the time to file a bug report.

KMail2 was released in 2011, and the entire code base went through significant changes. We are currently in the process of porting to Qt5 and KF5. It is unlikely that these bugs are still valid in KMail2.

We welcome you to try out KMail 2 with the KDE 4.14 release and give your feedback.