| Summary: | unfortune kmail tip about removing [listname] prefix | ||
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| Product: | [Unmaintained] kmail | Reporter: | Christian Boltz <kde-bugs> |
| Component: | general | Assignee: | kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs> |
| Status: | RESOLVED FIXED | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | montel |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version: | unspecified | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | openSUSE | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | http://commits.kde.org/kdepim/432e18dc2e99d451eb616ea375df5d6673cc7b86 | Version Fixed In: | 4.10 |
| Sentry Crash Report: | |||
| Attachments: | Screenshot | ||
This bugreport is now over two years old, and should be easy to fix by editing a text file. Can someone please remove this egoistic tip from the KMail tips? Created attachment 75421 [details]
Screenshot
Still valid in kmail2, component "general". Please reassign.
Git commit 432e18dc2e99d451eb616ea375df5d6673cc7b86 by Montel Laurent. Committed on 23/11/2012 at 07:52. Pushed by mlaurent into branch 'master'. Fix Bug 143696 - unfortune kmail tip about removing [listname] prefix FIXED-IN: 4.10 TODO for 4.11 add more tips + improve doc M +0 -12 kmail/tips http://commits.kde.org/kdepim/432e18dc2e99d451eb616ea375df5d6673cc7b86 |
Version: (using KDE KDE 3.5.6) Installed from: SuSE RPMs From the KMail tips: <tip category="KMail|Filters"> <html> <p>...that you can get rid of the "[mailing list name]" added to the subject of some mailing lists by using the <em>rewrite header</em> filter action? Just use <pre>rewrite header "Subject" replace "\s*\[mailing list name\]\s*" with ""</pre> </p> </html> </tip> This tip is egoistic - it might be good for the single user using KMail, but can upset all the other mailinglist users because it clutters up the subject :-( Example: Original Subject: Re: [ML] Hi! After rewriting: Re: Hi! So far, so good. If you send a reply, it's still "Re: Hi!". Unfortunately, the list manager will prefix it with [ML] again, which results in this subject: [ML] Re: Hi! (this is how all other list members will see it) Now if someone without the subject filter replies (which is the majority of the list members), you will see a subject like: Re: [ML] Re: Hi! Please note the duplicate "Re:" that is now in the subject. After some more replies, the subject can even look more funny. Just imagine someone replaces "[a long list prefix]" with "[long-ML]" or something like that instead of removing it completely - it's only a question of time until you end up with something like Re: [a long list prefix] Re: [long-ML] Re: [long-ML] Re: Hi! I see two options for the tip: - add a notice that the subject should *never* be changed if one wants to reply to the mailinglist (because the subject will be cluttered up with crap) - drop this tip completely