Bug 290272

Summary:	Default value for maximum number of recipients is too small
Product:	[Applications] kontact	Reporter:	Bruno Haible <bruno>
Component:	mail	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	axel.braun, silver.salonen
Priority:	NOR
Version:	4.7.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:	4.8
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Bruno Haible 2011-12-31 17:20:43 UTC

Version:           4.7.2 (using Devel) 
OS:                Linux

Seen in kmail-4.7.4:

There is a configuration setting for the maximum number of recipients in a mail
reply: Email editor > General > Maximum number of recipients.
It was introduced in
https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/kdepim/repository/revisions/f3476527e4f4c0e269590bf5108cdce211b9c2c7
as a fix to https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216351

The problem is that the default value of this maximum number is 1.
So, when I "reply to all" to a mail with 1 To and 2 CC recipients, I get a
dialog "Truncating recipients list to 1 of 2 entries." And no hint where this
problem comes from.

Suggestion 1: Set the default value to 100.
This would make the problem disappear with normal (not huge) recipient lists.

Suggestion 2: Add to the error message (in messagecomposer/recipientseditor.cpp)
a hint where to find the configuration setting for the limit.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Pick a mail with 1 To and 2 CCs. Do "Reply to all...".

Actual Results:  
A dialog "Truncating recipients list to 1 of 2 entries." appears,
and some of the expected recipients have been omitted.

Expected Results:  
All Tos and all CCs (except myself) should be listed as recipients.

Related bugs:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216351
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=287367

Comment 1 Christophe Marin 2012-01-02 19:55:49 UTC

This was fixed. The default is back to 200.

Comment 2 Axel Braun 2012-01-13 10:06:09 UTC

Hope you removed the 'feature' and the configuation option completely, I see no need for it at all. It just creates bugs (like this) and confuses the user. Just open the mail with all recipients that are in the mail!

Comment 3 Silver Salonen 2012-02-06 13:09:54 UTC

I too don't undestand what's the point of the option. At least make it possible to disable the option (I tried value 0, but then all the recipients were cut).