Bug 214697

Summary: error while opening/reading file -- do not claim any fact about existence of a file
Product: [Applications] kmail Reporter: Maciej Pilichowski <bluedzins>
Component: generalAssignee: kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: kollix
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: Unspecified   
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Description Maciej Pilichowski 2009-11-15 19:02:33 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE 4.3.3)

Testcase can be found here:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214696

For example when KMail cannot open file when adding attachment the error says "file does not exist". This is bold and inaccurate statement -- the fact KMail cannot open file, the message should be "file cannot be read/opened (*)" (* one of those two). I just observed how puzzling current message is for users -- they see the file, so obviously file exists, yet another program (KMail) claims the file does not exist. It is very confusing and "of course" admin (me) is called because user cannot sort it out.

And the reasons could be various -- bug in Kmail (as in testcase), -r for reading (!), and so on.
Comment 1 Martin Koller 2009-11-21 15:31:43 UTC 
When I try to attach a file I have no read permission (either via selecting the file in the "Attach File" filedialog or via drag/drop, kmail tells me "Could not read xxx", which is correct.

So it seems the problem only occurs with the file you mention in your other bug entry.
So I'd say this one is simply a duplicate of #214696

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 214696 ***