Bug 188385

Summary:	All templates are %BLANK - where attributions come from?
Product:	[Unmaintained] kmail	Reporter:	Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	jjm
Priority:	NOR
Version:	1.11.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Mandriva RPMs
OS:	Linux
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Description Andrey Borzenkov 2009-03-29 09:03:11 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.2.1)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Mandriva RPMs

When I look in Kmail configuration under templates, all of them show just %BLANK. Still on replying, forwarding etc Kmail inserts attributions - where do they come from? This is pretty much confusing. If kmail is using some global defaults and/or built-ins, it should clear indicate so and offer them for editing or changing.

This is definitely change against 3.5 where templates were clearly shown in configuration.

Comment 1 Jaime Torres 2009-03-29 10:25:00 UTC

The templates are choosen in the following sequence:

* Folder templates (if enabled), configured in the folder properties.
* Identity templates (if enabled), configured in the identity properties.
* Global templates, configured in kmail properties.

Look for Identity or folder templates.
If this solves your problem, please close the bug report.

Comment 2 Andrey Borzenkov 2009-03-29 10:50:53 UTC

Yes, every folder suddenly has explicit templates. And this is exactly the bug - I NEVER EVER explicitly configured folder templates. As long as they have never been configured, they should not be used.

And again this is update regression - in KDE3 I had single global defaults. After upgrade these global defaults suddenly migrated to per-folder settings.

Comment 3 Jaime Torres 2009-03-29 11:15:40 UTC

Do you think a configuration screen like the following will solve this problem?

Templates:
 Use the first found and marked template in the following list:
   [x] folder templates
   [x] identity templates
   Global templates

If so, then change the severity from normal to wish.

Comment 4 Thomas McGuire 2009-03-29 12:09:20 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 184307 ***