Bug 193166

Summary:	Message Templates not working after an upgrade from KDE 3.5.x
Product:	[Applications] kontact	Reporter:	Hrishikesh Mehendale (हृषीकेश मेहेंदळे) <hashinclude>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	normal	CC:	montel
Priority:	NOR
Version:	1.4.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Hrishikesh Mehendale (हृषीकेश मेहेंदळे) 2009-05-18 23:24:41 UTC

Version:           1.4.2 (using 4.2.2 (KDE 4.2.2), Kubuntu packages)
Compiler:          cc
OS:                Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.28-11-generic

I upgraded from KDE 3.5.x (Ubuntu 7.10), and my email templates no longer work as configured.

I tried configuring the templates via the following:
1. Standard templates (under Settings -> KMail -> Composer -> Standard Templates)
2. Identity specific template (Settings -> KMail -> Identities -> Modify -> Templates)

My configured template for both Reply and Reply All is:
----- begin template -----
%CURSOR
Cheers,
~Hrishi

It was %ODATE %OTIMELONG that the wise %OFROMNAME thus wrote:
%QUOTE
----- end template -----

However, all replies start with the default "On <date> <time> you wrote" (for reply) or "On <date> <time> <Sender> wrote:" for reply all.

Comment 1 Hrishikesh Mehendale (हृषीकेश मेहेंदळे) 2009-05-19 18:18:37 UTC

Strangely enough, after saving the new templates and restarting Kmail, the correct templates are being picked up.

So it seems that
(a) If I upgrade from KDE 3.5.x -> KDE 4.2 the templates don't work till you modify and save them (subject to "c" below).
(b) Saving them will not apply them immediately.
(c) Save the templates and restart Kmail, and the templates will work.

Comment 2 Hrishikesh Mehendale (हृषीकेश मेहेंदळे) 2009-05-19 18:34:50 UTC

After further digging (templates were being picked up only for some folders, which made me look), it seems that an upgrade caused the "Use Custom Templates" flag to be set PER-folder (I'm using D-IMAP with Exchange) using the default templates. (I had never manually set this).

Comment 3 Laurent Montel 2013-06-18 07:29:07 UTC

Can't test it.
I close it (very old version)