Bug 355342

Summary: composer mangles mail text on forwarding or edit as new
Product: [Applications] kmail2 Reporter: Martin Steigerwald <Martin>
Component: composerAssignee: kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: major CC: martin.steigerwald, robert, stasnel
Priority: NOR    
Version: 5.2.3   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Debian unstable   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: kmail composer settings

Description Martin Steigerwald 2015-11-14 16:20:32 UTC 
Since quite some time KMail mangles:

Hello Martin,

into

MartinHello ,

on forwarding a mail or editing it as new.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Write a mail along the lines of the test I post below. Use the name of your own identity tough. And send it to yourself.
2. Edit as new the mail from sent folder and/or forward mail you receive back

I use a mail like this for testing. As written, use you own name instead of martin:

Hello Martin,

Martin wrote:

Something beautiful.

Yesterday Martin wrote:

A simple test whether KMail on forward mangles this.

On Thursday, the 28th of April 2056 Martin wrote and Martin thinks:

I don´t know what I will write at this time.

Hello Laurent,

Laurent wrote:

Thanks,
-- 
Martin

Actual Results:  
I get this:

MartinHello ,

Martin wrote:

Something beautiful.

MartinYesterday  wrote:

A simple test whether KMail on forward mangles this.

MartinMartinOn Thursday, the 28th of April 2056  wrote and  thinks:

I don´t know what I will write at this time.

Hello Laurent,

Laurent wrote:

Thanks,
-- 
Martin


On forwarding I see the issue also in forwarding header:

Betreff: Test
Datum: Samstag, 14. November 2015, 17:16:46 CET
MartinVon:  Steigerwald <martin@somenotexistingdomain.notexist>
MartinAn:  Steigerwald <martin@somenotexistingdomain.notexist>

MartinHello ,
[…]

Expected Results:  
The same text as I wrote above.

I can test whether this also happens in KDEPIM 1 at work next week.

Git master is of about 2-3 days ago. The issue persists since months tough, but never got around to report it.
Comment 1 Martin Steigerwald 2015-11-14 16:28:53 UTC 
Created attachment 95499 [details]
kmail composer settings

partly in german, but I think you get the idea at which options are checked when comparing with english version
Comment 2 Denis Kurz 2017-06-23 20:19:20 UTC 
This bug has never been confirmed for a Kontact version that is based on KDE Frameworks, except possibly a Technology Preview version 5.0.x. Those versions differ significantly from the old 4.x series. Therefore, I plan to close it in around two or three months. In the meantime, it is set to WAITINGFORINFO to give reporters the opportunity to check if it is still valid. As soon as someone confirms it for a recent version (at least 5.1, ideally even more recent), I'll gladly reopen it.

Please understand that we lack the manpower to triage bugs reported for versions almost two years beyond their end of life.
Comment 3 Martin Steigerwald 2017-06-26 09:44:10 UTC 
This still happens with KMail from KDEPIM 16.04 installed from Debian Unstable packages (no newer version available in Debian right now and I currently do not build from source).
Comment 4 Robert Riemann 2024-05-14 18:41:46 UTC 
I suggest to close this as no info was provided and nobody complaint since 2017!
Comment 5 Martin Steigerwald 2024-05-15 09:08:27 UTC 
Closing. I am using Evolution instead of KMail for the setup where this issue happened.