Bug 310824

Summary:	Improve "Outgoing accounts" list on config -> accounts -> sending
Product:	[Applications] kmail2	Reporter:	Bernd Oliver Sünderhauf <pancho.s>
Component:	config dialog	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	montel
Priority:	NOR
Version:	4.9.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Chakra
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Bernd Oliver Sünderhauf 2012-11-28 14:10:54 UTC

In the list of Outgoing accounts, the "(Default)" marker should be added to the name, not the type, because it's not the default type but the default identity (for an alternative, see also Bug #310823)

Also, it would be nice to have a column for username@server:port, because the name might not be meaningful. (see also Bug: #310811)

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Laurent Montel 2012-11-28 20:40:37 UTC

Git commit 15b9df2f424b1d17c3d6418622ef4bfbe3798e95 by Montel Laurent.
Committed on 28/11/2012 at 21:39.
Pushed by mlaurent into branch 'master'.

Start to fix Bug 310824 - Improve "Outgoing accounts" list on config ->

accounts -> sending
Now it's bolded and I added 'by default' to name.

M  +7    -4    mailtransport/transportlistview.cpp

http://commits.kde.org/kdepimlibs/15b9df2f424b1d17c3d6418622ef4bfbe3798e95

Comment 2 Bernd Oliver Sünderhauf 2012-11-28 22:01:01 UTC

Wow, that was fast again... :)

However, I'm not so sure about the 2nd part anymore, the username@server:port column.
While for email gurus it might be absolutely clear, for average users it might be confusing that username@server looks like an email address but is something else.
The cases where it is completely different (such as u15823@smtp.someprovider.com), are not my problem. But sometimes it will be quite similar (such as montel@smtp.kde.org). In these cases it will be very confusing for newbies.
Therefore, we generally might not want to use this in the UI.

The solution would be two separate columns for username and for server:port, with the additional advantage that the accounts can be sorted by server.
Another solution would be to start with just a server:port column which will be just enough information in many cases.

Comment 3 Laurent Montel 2012-12-07 08:08:39 UTC

or using tooltip to give infos about smtp and avoid to add more column.