Bug 176418 - follow up mechanism is broken
Summary: follow up mechanism is broken
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: knode
Classification: Miscellaneous
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdepim bugs
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Reported: 2008-11-29 10:28 UTC by Gunter Schelfhout
Modified: 2010-01-23 20:49 UTC (History)
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Description Gunter Schelfhout 2008-11-29 10:28:26 UTC
Version:            (using KDE 4.1.3)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

This is exactly the same as bug 68732 on the wishlist, but it's clearly a bug and shouldn't be on the wishlist.

I tested version 0.99.01 on Ubuntu (kde 4.1.3) to crosspost to 5 test groups. 

Bug 1: the posting failed with a very general message stating 'Could not write to file [provider]'. If a crosspost to more than 4 groups should be forbidden ir discouraged, at least give a proper error message.

I deleted 1 group from the posting and the posting was then delivered.

Bug 2: The follow up was automatically set to one group. Knode should not assume to set this. It's the author's decision!

I unsubscribed to the test groups execept for one.
I replied to the posting done earlier.

Bug 3: on replying, the follow up was set to a group which I was not (anymore) subscribed to.
That doesn't make any sense.

The original bug report dates from 21/11/2003 and has 231 votes!!
It goes back from version 3.1.4!!
A fix was proposed on 6/4/2008!!

Please state if this will be solved or not. It doesn't make any sense to develop knode any further without solving this anoying bugs which is bad PR for knode & KDE since this affects also other users on the newsgroups.

Thank YOU.
Comment 1 Olivier Trichet 2010-01-23 20:49:22 UTC
SVN commit 1079182 by otrichet:

Place a hint inside the followup-to line edit when there are more than 2 groups selected.

Previous changes to the composer already remove the automatic modification of the followup-to headers:
The current and future behaviour is not to automatically set/change the followup-to headers.
BUG: 178208
BUG: 176418
BUG: 163240
BUG: 74275
BUG: 68732

Warning against posting to more than on groups without setting the followup-to will remain.

 M  +1 -0      CMakeLists.txt  
 M  +39 -15    composer/composer_view.ui  
 A             composer/followupto_combobox.cpp   [License: MIT]
 A             composer/followupto_combobox.h   [License: MIT]
 M  +44 -0     kncomposerview.cpp  
 M  +10 -0     kncomposerview.h  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1079182