https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=286235
Summary: confusing error-message when there is no mail-address
specified for the identity
Product: kmail2
Version: 4.7
Platform: openSUSE RPMs
OS/Version: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: minor
Priority: NOR
Component: config dialog
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Version: 4.7 (using KDE 4.7.2)
OS: Linux
When there is no valid mail-address specified in
configure->identity->general->email-address field, the following error-message
appears:
"The email address you entered is not valid because it does not seem to contain
an actual email address, i.e. something of the form [email protected]."
This is confusing, cause some people when setting up kmail for the first time
on a system, just skip the 'general'-section to specify a reply-to-address in
'advanced'. They get the message, that their mail-address is not valid, which
can be quit confusing.
Admittedly, it doesn't take much to figure out the real problem, but this
behavior has confused at least a handful of people. (See bugs 237646 and 280151
for example).
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
Open the big configure dialog -> Modify/Edit an Identity -> klick "OK" while
the 'email address' field in the 'general'-section does not contain a valid
mail-addy.
Actual Results:
kmail prints the following error-message:
"The email address you entered is not valid because it does not seem to contain
an actual email address, i.e. something of the form [email protected]."
Expected Results:
It would be great, if either the error-message contained the information about
what field actually causes the problem, or if there would just be no
error-message at all.
(you will be reminded of entering a mail-address at some point anyway - if I am
not mistaken..)
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