Bug 194823

Summary:	Kmail should not tell me there is no to: when I am sending a mail only to bcc's
Product:	[Unmaintained] kmail	Reporter:	m.wege
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	hceylan, kollix, winter
Priority:	NOR
Version:	1.11.90
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description m.wege 2009-06-01 08:09:38 UTC

Version:           1.11.90 (using 4.2.85 (KDE 4.2.85 (KDE 4.3 Beta1)), Kubuntu packages)
Compiler:          cc
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.30-020630rc6-generic

I often write mails which get send to a lot of people as a blindcopy. Before sending the mail I always get reminded that the mail has no "To:"-Address. But this is intented and I assume everyone who sends a mail to a lot of blindcopies intends that this way. I am not sure what the reason is. Is it just a bug and this dialogue should just pop up, if there is nothing, not even a bcc to send the mail to. Or is there any rule that theoretically forbidds it to send mails without any "To:" and if I do not follow this, the liklyhood of the mail being caught in a spam-filter is higher? I did not hear about any consequence of this. Anyway, if there is a rule, then the dialogue should inform me about it and possible consequences. And it should offer to set a standard-to, to myself. And it should be also possible to turn of this warning by [x] ticking a box permanently.

Comment 1 Jaime Torres 2009-06-01 18:21:47 UTC

I was tempted to mark this as wish, but reading the RFCS 2821 & 2822, I see that the only mandatory headers in a mime message are: orig-date and from.

The problem here is that kmail should check only if there is no receipt address at all (in any field), then it MUST show the dialog and not let send the mail (¿to nobody?).

Comment 2 Allen Winter 2009-06-02 00:43:13 UTC

This behavior came from a specific user request and was introduced by us because it seemed like a good idea.

I sorta like the "do not ask me again" suggestion.  Or we could introduce a full-blown configuration option.

I'll leave it up to the KMail maintainer to decide how to proceed.

Comment 3 Hasan Ceylan 2009-12-12 22:49:31 UTC

I think a "Do not ask me to enter a to: address any more" kind of prompt would make everyone happy...

Regards,
Hasan Ceylan

Comment 4 Allen Winter 2009-12-13 19:13:38 UTC

SVN commit 1062073 by winterz:

provide a "do not ask again" option on the dialog for missing/empty To: field.
BUG: 194823
MERGE: 4.3


 M  +4 -1      kmcomposewin.cpp  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1062073

Comment 5 Allen Winter 2009-12-13 19:14:54 UTC

SVN commit 1062074 by winterz:

Backport r1062073 by winterz from trunk to the 4.3 branch:

provide a "do not ask again" option on the dialog for missing/empty To: field.
CCBUG: 194823
MERGE: 4.3



 M  +4 -1      kmcomposewin.cpp  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1062074

Comment 6 Allen Winter 2009-12-13 22:01:18 UTC

SVN commit 1062126 by winterz:

Backport r1062073 by winterz from trunk to the 4.3 branch:

provide a "do not ask again" option on the dialog for missing/empty To: field.
CCBUG: 194823
MERGE: 4.3



 M  +1 -0      kmfilterdlg.cpp  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1062126