Bug 251580 - Handling of HTML-mails uncomfortable
Summary: Handling of HTML-mails uncomfortable
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Alias: None
Product: KMail Mobile
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Maemo 5 Linux
: LO minor
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdepim bugs
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Reported: 2010-09-17 16:13 UTC by Felix Wolfsteller
Modified: 2016-09-29 07:52 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Warning message in HTML mail (29.69 KB, image/jpeg)
2011-01-17 10:15 UTC, Tobias Koenig
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Description Felix Wolfsteller 2010-09-17 16:13:50 UTC
kmail(-mobile) can handle and render html mails.

However, I assume the usual scenario is the following:

Due to security concerns (awareness) and readability, the average user disables html rendering by default (selecting a folder, Actions flap -> View -> Prefer HTML to plain text [off]). Actually, that is default already.

However in rare cases a mail with html-formatting might drop in which the user wants to see rendered as such (mails from grammys new unconfigured pc, for example).

I would expect that:
1) The user is decently informed that a mail contains html formatting
2) The user might decide on a per-mail per-view basis to render the mail as such

Same goes for "external references" (e.g. embedded images hosted somewhere).

Found unsatisfactory in 4:4.5~20100910.1175630-1maemo6.1174786 .
Comment 1 Volker Krause 2010-10-08 12:11:49 UTC
There is a read warning box in case you get a HTML mail and have switch HTML rendering off by default. It contains a link to render it nevertheless, same for external references. Do you see that for HTML mails? Does the link in there work for you? If yes, what else is missing?
Comment 2 Volker Krause 2010-11-26 10:35:52 UTC
Ping?
Comment 3 Ludwig Reiter 2011-01-14 13:10:59 UTC
Test:
1. Copy a read HTML mail to a folder. (desktop) Sync with mobile.
2. Look at the mail.
=> plain text is displayed.
3. Switch Prefer HTML on
=> html text is displayed

No warning. No info that this mail is a HTML mail.
This info should be mail specific.
Comment 4 Tobias Koenig 2011-01-17 10:15:14 UTC
Created attachment 56117 [details]
Warning message in HTML mail

Hej Ludwig,

if I open an HTML mail on Linux/Desktop or WinCE/HTC, the warning from the screenshot is displayed inside the mail. Can you confirm this?

Ciao,
Tobias
Comment 5 Tobias Koenig 2011-01-17 10:15:56 UTC
See attachment
Comment 6 Bjoern Ricks 2011-01-17 14:43:31 UTC
Hi Tobias,

you are right for pure html mails the warning message is shown. But for multipart messages no indication is shown that there is also a html formatting and if the html format is preferred then no indication is shown that this mail is a html message.