Bug 399043 - KMail setting Allow messages to load external references from Internet is ignored
Summary: KMail setting Allow messages to load external references from Internet is ign...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 395711
Alias: None
Product: kmail2
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 5.8.3
Platform: Fedora RPMs Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdepim bugs
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Reported: 2018-09-25 04:25 UTC by Sudhir Khanger
Modified: 2018-10-22 17:51 UTC (History)
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Description Sudhir Khanger 2018-09-25 04:25:50 UTC 
SUMMARY

KMail never loads external references from the internet even though it has been explicitly allowed in the Settings.


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Enable Settings>Configure KMail>Security>Reading>Allow messages to load external references from Internet
2. Open a mail with external references
3. 

EXPECTED RESULT

It should load external references like images from internet.


ACTUAL RESULT

A message is constantly displayed which is as follows

>Note: This HTML message may contain external references to images etc. For security/privacy reasons external references are not loaded. If you trust the sender of this message then you can load the external references for this message by clicking here.


SOFTWARE VERSIONS
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KDE Plasma Version: 5.13.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.48.0
Qt Version: 5.11.1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/9ijf2x/how_to_get_rid_of_load_the_external_references/
Comment 1 Marc Cousin 2018-10-20 08:01:54 UTC 
I have the exact same problem, with KMail version 5.9.2.

KDE Frameworks 5.51.0
Qt 5.11.2 (built against 5.11.2)
Comment 2 Pierre Ducroquet 2018-10-22 17:51:19 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 395711 ***