Bug 247364

Summary:	Sending emails without a recipient should not be possible
Product:	[Unmaintained] KMail Mobile	Reporter:	Sascha L. Teichmann <sascha.teichmann>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	CLOSED FIXED
Severity:	major	CC:	bjoern.ricks, felix.wolfsteller, sabine
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Maemo 5
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Sascha L. Teichmann 2010-08-11 12:58:53 UTC

An email needs at least a recipient.
Before entering a recipient it is pointless to let the user send the
a mail.

The "send" area should only appear if the user has enter at least
one recipient. It would be good if the application highlight/"glow"
the recipient flap if there is no recipient yet to inform the user
that some important is missing.

I consider this a major bug because the user can enter a lot
of email text, press send and loses a lot of his work because the
not yet fully setup mail is lost.

Comment 1 Artur Souza (MoRpHeUz) 2010-08-16 22:49:39 UTC

SVN commit 1164473 by asouza:

Check subject and recipients before sending the email

We should check and warn the user about unset subject and recipients
field and avoid sending the message before the user set that.

BUG:247364


 M  +16 -0     composerview.cpp  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1164473

Comment 2 Sabine Faure 2010-08-18 21:09:56 UTC

It is corrected now.

When clicking on 'Send' a 'No recipient found - Kmail Mobile' pop up message appears saying:'You should specify at least one recipient for this message'.

After clicking on 'Ok' the pop up dialogue disappear and the user can go to the recipient tab to enter a recipient's name. The subject and text previously typed are still there.

N900 Packages, Svn Rev 1164728

Comment 3 Felix Wolfsteller 2010-09-01 11:12:41 UTC

Confirmed in 4:4.5~20100827.1168757-1maemo1.1169941 , closing.

Further improvements might involve:

1) Prompt for recipient if none was specified (similar for subject/content)
2) Use an effect like "glow" as proposed by Sascha
3) Disable Send Button as long as recipient missing
4) Make send button a "specify recipient" button as long as recipient is missing.
5) Remodel process such that recipient specification is first step in send-a-mail process.