Bug 162660 - From: email addresses are now hidden in headers
Summary: From: email addresses are now hidden in headers
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: kmail
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 1.9.9
Platform: unspecified Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdepim bugs
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Keywords: triaged
Depends on:
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Reported: 2008-05-26 17:30 UTC by Jim Bowlin
Modified: 2009-04-05 13:20 UTC (History)
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Description Jim Bowlin 2008-05-26 17:30:37 UTC
Version:           1.9.9 (using 3.5.9, Gentoo)
Compiler:          Target: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
OS:                Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.23-gentoo-r8

After upgrading to KDE-3.5.9, the most important field in the email headers, the return address, is now hidden.  If the header line is:

From: "Joe User"  <juser@example.com>

The only thing that is displayed in the message window is the name, not the address.   This makes my life more difficult because I routinely get emails from people who more than one email account.  I normally just click on the linked address in a previous message from them but now it is just a crap shoot as to what email address will show up in the composer window.

I realize I can hover over the name in the header and the email address will show up in the status bar at the bottom of the KMail window but this is a lot of extra work for me, especially if the status bar is covered by a different window (as it usually is).

If the actual email address was displayed in the message window like it used to be then I would know instantly whether to click the link or whether I should look for a message with the email address I want.

All of the different view => headers options have this same bug.  You allow me to display all sorts of useless information while still hiding the one piece if information that is important to me.

I searched around the config menus and could not find a way to restore the previous behavior of displaying the actual email address.
Comment 1 FiNeX 2009-04-04 12:42:01 UTC
Cannot reproduce on KDE 4 (current trunk r948595). Can you confirm that the problem has been fixed now?

Thanks.
Comment 2 Jim Bowlin 2009-04-05 09:00:17 UTC
I just upgraded from kde-3.5.9 to kde-3.5.10 (it took most of the day on Gentoo).

The bug is gone in kde-3.5.10 (with KMail-1.9.10) Thanks!
Comment 3 FiNeX 2009-04-05 13:20:36 UTC
Thanks for your feedback!