Bug 46313 - can't reply when selecting more than 1 email
Summary: can't reply when selecting more than 1 email
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: kmail2
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 1.99.0
Platform: openSUSE Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdepim bugs
URL:
Keywords:
: 71988 111906 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2002-08-09 21:03 UTC by Xavier Brochard
Modified: 2012-11-12 12:04 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

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Description Xavier Brochard 2002-08-09 20:56:46 UTC
(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***)

Package:           kmail
Version:           1.4.1 (using KDE 3.0.1 )
Severity:          normal
Installed from:    SuSE
Compiler:          gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (SuSE)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.4.4-64GB-SMP
OS/Compiler notes: 

After selecting multiple email (well more than one :) you can't hit the Reply or Reply To All button. The hot key doesn't work either.

(Submitted via bugs.kde.org)
(Called from KBugReport dialog)
Comment 1 Ingo Klöcker 2002-08-09 21:32:09 UTC
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On Friday 09 August 2002 22:56 xavier@alternatif.org wrote:
> After selecting multiple email (well more than one :) you can't hit
> the Reply or Reply To All button. The hot key doesn't work either.

This is intended behaviour. You anyway can't write multiple replies at=20
the same time or can you. ;-)

Regards
Ingo

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Comment 2 Ingo Klöcker 2002-08-10 00:08:07 UTC
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On Saturday 10 August 2002 01:57 you wrote:
> I can't agree with you ;-)
> Each morning I have to quick reply to about 20 mails. If I first
> select the mail i want to reply it is very fast to write the next
> mail after hitting the send button.
> Try with Mozilla it is very comfortable.
>
> BTW it's personal feeling. But the change will have no effects on
> normal users.

You reported this as a bug. But it's obviously no bug but a wish. We=20
will consider your wish.

Regards
Ingo

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Comment 3 Stephan Kulow 2002-08-10 09:10:05 UTC
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On Friday 09 August 2002 22:56 xavier@alternatif.org wrote:
> Package: kmail
> Version: 1.4.1 (using KDE 3.0.1 )
> Severity: normal
> Installed from:    SuSE
> Compiler:          gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (SuSE)
> OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.4.4-64GB-SMP
> OS/Compiler notes:
>
> After selecting multiple email (well more than one :) you can't hit the
> Reply or Reply To All button. The hot key doesn't work either.
>
Because kmail only supports replying on one

Greetigns Stephan
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Comment 4 Ingo Klöcker 2002-08-10 10:15:23 UTC
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On Saturday 10 August 2002 11:18 Stephan Kulow wrote:
> Your message with subj: Bug#46313: can't reply when selecting more
> than 1 email
>
> On Friday 09 August 2002 22:56 xavier@alternatif.org wrote:
> > Package: kmail
> > Version: 1.4.1 (using KDE 3.0.1 )
> > Severity: normal
> > Installed from:    SuSE
> > Compiler:          gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (SuSE)
> > OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.4.4-64GB-SMP
> > OS/Compiler notes:
> >
> > After selecting multiple email (well more than one :) you can't
> > hit the Reply or Reply To All button. The hot key doesn't work
> > either.
>
> Because kmail only supports replying on one
>
> Greetigns Stephan

That's funny. I closed this bug report. Then the original submitter=20
complained. Then I reconsidered the issue re-opened the bug report and=20
changed the severity to wishlist. And now Stephan closes it again.

Please open it again Stephan. I see no reason why we shouldn't make it=20
possible to reply to several messages at once.

Regards
Ingo

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Comment 5 Stephan Kulow 2002-08-10 12:01:16 UTC
reopen 46313
stop

On Saturday 10 August 2002 12:15 Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> On Saturday 10 August 2002 11:18 Stephan Kulow wrote:
> > Your message with subj: Bug#46313: can't reply when selecting more
> > than 1 email
> >
> > On Friday 09 August 2002 22:56 xavier@alternatif.org wrote:
> > > Package: kmail
> > > Version: 1.4.1 (using KDE 3.0.1 )
> > > Severity: normal
> > > Installed from:    SuSE
> > > Compiler:          gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (SuSE)
> > > OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.4.4-64GB-SMP
> > > OS/Compiler notes:
> > >
> > > After selecting multiple email (well more than one :) you can't
> > > hit the Reply or Reply To All button. The hot key doesn't work
> > > either.
> >
> > Because kmail only supports replying on one
> >
> > Greetigns Stephan
>
> That's funny. I closed this bug report. Then the original submitter
> complained. Then I reconsidered the issue re-opened the bug report and
> changed the severity to wishlist. And now Stephan closes it again.
>
> Please open it again Stephan. I see no reason why we shouldn't make it
> possible to reply to several messages at once.
Yes. If kmail would allow to reorder folder lists I wouldn't have to read 
kde-bugs-dist before kmail :)
I didn't close the wishlist but a bug report that was wrong - just as you
did :)

Greetings Stephan
Comment 6 Simone Piunno 2005-02-20 17:00:41 UTC
I would like to point out that the proposed semantic is not the only one.

In mutt you can select multiple messages and hit the reply button.
If you do, you will find yourself in front of a single message that has everyone on the recipient list (the sum of all the messages that were selected) and all texts quoted, each with the correct introduction (on date X, Y wrote).

Typical usage scenario:
 - you write a message to a mailing list
 - multiple people answer your message
 - you see all answers were related
 - you select all of them and send one single response that will be read by 
   everyone.
This is the only feaure I miss after migrating from mutt to kmail.
Comment 7 Stephane Enten 2005-10-21 13:57:11 UTC
Any news on that matter ?

Like Simone Piunno, I really miss this feature after switching from Mutt
to KMail, selecting several messages and replying to all of them in only
one mail.
Comment 8 Bram Schoenmakers 2007-03-09 19:04:44 UTC
*** Bug 71988 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 9 Bram Schoenmakers 2007-03-09 19:09:05 UTC
*** Bug 111906 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 10 Tristan Miller 2007-07-22 13:46:12 UTC
This feature is particularly important now that KMail supports templates (Bug 1015).  I want to be able to select multiple messages and respond with a template that says, "I've read your message but unfortunately don't have time to send a personal response.  For urgent matters you can reach my by telephone at..."

An alternative way of implementing this feature would be through a filter (See Bug 23303).  I think both methods should be implemented as the former allows the user to customize the message before sending.
Comment 11 Alan Braslau 2008-06-03 21:09:09 UTC
Currently, replying to multiple selected messages in kmail 1.9.51 (kde4 beta1) only includes the FIRST selected message, both for its choice of recipient(s) and for the quoted text.

As described above (or in the other bugs marked as duplicates), the correct behaviour would be a union of authors (in the case of reply) or of all recipients (except for me) in the case of reply to all. As with mutt.

By the way, this feature is absent from most popular email clients (other than mutt) but has been available since the stone age under VAX/VMS. Just don't believe that email is a "recent" invention of the internet.
Comment 12 Tristan Miller 2009-04-25 23:44:03 UTC
Confirming feature is still missing from KDE 4.2.2.
Comment 13 Kai Uwe Broulik 2010-08-27 03:32:21 UTC
There is actually a "Answer to all" options in the context menu but I don't know what purpose it serves, obviously not answering all mails but I think it is to answer all recipients of the first selected mail...
Comment 14 Frank Niethardt 2010-08-27 08:09:58 UTC
(In reply to comment #13)
> There is actually a "Answer to all" options in the context menu but I don't
> know what purpose it serves, obviously not answering all mails but I think it
> is to answer all recipients of the first selected mail...

Actually it answers to all email addresses (including sender) that are in the email you opened the context menu for. And it answers exactly this email.

As a former Mutt user I miss this feature, too.

My use case is not that much answring multiple mails from different persons, but from the same. I get more than one email before replying and instead of replying them each, I just want so compose a big reply covering all.
Comment 15 Anne-Marie Mahfouf 2011-12-01 11:27:58 UTC
Reassigning to kmail2, please comment on the validity of this report against KMail2
Comment 16 zless 2012-11-01 22:11:52 UTC
I would welcome such a feature.
Comment 17 Xavier Brochard 2012-11-12 12:04:02 UTC
I'm the original reporter. I confirm the wish is still valid against KMail2. Below is an attempt to resume the various ideas users suggested. Uses cases are in comments.

Problem was: after selecting multiple email you can't hit the Reply or Reply To All button. 

1.  same as Mozilla: select multiple message, then send a different answer to each of them;
2. same as Mutt: select multiple messages and hit the reply button. If you do, you will find yourself in front of a single message that has everyone on the recipient list (the sum of all the messages that were selected) and all texts quoted, each with the correct introduction (on date X, Y wrote). (fully described in comment 6):
3.  select multiple messages and respond with a template (fully described in comment 10);

IMHO, the various wishes could be satisfied by using different behaviour when hiting "Reply" (1st case) or "Reply to all" (2nd case) and by allowing filter use to reply with a template as described in case 3 and #23303