Closed Bug 114533 Opened 23 years ago Closed 21 years ago

"Sender" column lists recipient when INBOX is set as the "Sent" folder

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, defect)

Product:
SeaMonkey
Component:
MailNews: Message Display
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
VERIFIED FIXED
Milestone:
mozilla1.2alpha

People

(Reporter: bugzilla, Assigned: sspitzer)

References

Details

From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.6) Gecko/20011120 BuildID: 2001112012 I set my "Sent" folder to be my Inbox for an account using an IMAP mail server. In doing so, the "Sender" column no longer lists the "Sender", instead displaying the "recipient". Correct behavior would have the "Sender" column of my inbox list the "sender" of the email rather than the recipient. This problem is similar to bug 93863, but is kind of the inverse of it. That bug as a subfolder of a sent folder being treated as a Sent folder in terms of the headers, while the data displayed is the that of a normal (non-"sent" folder). My problem is that my headers are correct for a non-"sent" folder, but the data is that of a "sent" folder. In other words, bug 93863 has a "Recipient" column that lists the sender and this one has a "Sender" column that lists the recipient. Note: ideally I would like to have *both* columns so that I can see the recipient of outgoing piece of mail in my inbox along side incoming mail which I want to see the sender. For some reason though, "Recipient" is not a valid column that I can add. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Select Edit -> Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings -> <account> -> Copies & Folders 2. Check "Place a copy in" under "When sending messages, automatically:" 3. Select "Other:" under "Place a copy in" 4. Select "INBOX on <account>" in the drop down next to "Other:" Actual Results: The Sender column of the INBOX folder displays the recipient. Expected Results: The Sender column of the INBOX folder should display the sender.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
I agree that at some point we should allow the showing of both columns.
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Target Milestone: --- → mozilla1.2
*** Bug 115258 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I can confirm this; it doesn't just happen on Linux (I'm running build 2002022308 on Win98).
OS: Linux → All
Hardware: PC → All
*** Bug 131652 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I have this problem also and can add a little version related info. I'm also using POP not IMAP, so it's not an IMAP problem. I installed Netscape 6.2 and it exhibited this problem. I then installed Netscape 6.1.1 and it was still there. I then installed Mozilla 0.9.7 (because I had it handy). Same problem I then installed Mozilla 0.9.9. No improvement. I then uninstalled Netscape and Mozilla, deleted everything I could find that was Netscape or Mozilla related in the registry and reinstalled Mozilla 0.9.9. Same problem. I reported this in bug report 131652 which I have now marked as a duplicate of this one. After reading this bug report I did some experimenting. The bug seems to show up whenever "Other" is selected - you don't seem to have to specify the inbox. Also, you seem to have to shut down the mail window (but not all of Mozilla) in order to get the screen to refresh. I'd also like to second the request to show both Sender and Recipient(s)columns. I know that recipients is a list and so will ofter not all be visible but this shouldn't matter all that much - lots of columns don't fit without scrolling.
*** Bug 130902 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 109940 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
fixing summary
Summary: "Sender" column lists recipient when index is set as the "Sent" folder → "Sender" column lists recipient when INBOX is set as the "Sent" folder
*** Bug 136341 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 139902 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 141616 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
The bug persists even if you un-check "Place a copy in:" but leave "Other" checked. I had tried switching off "Place a copy in" and switching on "Bcc", and the Sender column still showed the primary recipient. It wasn't until I checked "Place a copy in" back on again, then checked '"Sent" Folder on' then restarted Mail/News ui, that the Sender column finally, finally showed the author name.
*** Bug 143734 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 146471 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 147545 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
is there anything one can do to make this bug rank high on the to-dom list? it is still there in mozilla 1.0, and it makes the otherwise nice software simply unusable for me, and probably a lot of other people...
*** Bug 153994 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This bug has been defined as fixed for bug #93863. However, this might only be true for the windows version (only a win32-dll is provided). There is no fix for the linux-version that I use.
*** Bug 133370 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 156259 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Are people seeing this with 1.1beta and the like? It should be fixed there.. (testing with 1.0 or pre-1.0.1 builds is no good).
I was tracking this bug because when I moved mail from a set Sent folder (IMAP or POP, it didn't matter) to another folder (under Local Folders, /e.g./), the Recipient column would show my name. This seems to've been resolved somewhere between 1.1a and 1.1b; certainly I'm /not/ seeing it with 1.1b.
Hi, I installed Mozila 1.1a English after deinstalling Mozilla 1.0 German (the reported version) and it looks like the bus has been solved with this revision. Thank you! Hopefully this will remain in the German version too.. Andy
>Note: ideally I would like to have *both* columns so that I can see the >recipient of outgoing piece of mail in my inbox along side incoming mail which I >want to see the sender. For some reason though, "Recipient" is not a valid >column that I can add. Me Too! I'm often storing messages "to" a customer in the same folder as the messages "from" that customer. Both "eudora" and "Emacs-VM" are smart enough to recognize E-mail addresses that represent myself (in VM from a regular expression called "uninteresting senders"), and automatically display the recipient in the "Who" column instead of the sender if the sender is actually me. Having a similar feature in Mozilla would make it even better than it is! Rob
How about stay with just a single column, but with an option to show either (a) only receiver, or (b) only sender, or (c) (receiver if not current user) and (sender if receiver is current user) For option (c) you could do it all with prefixes: "From: Joe@sender.com" to indicate message was sent by Joe to the current user "To: Fred@reciver.com" to indicate message sent from current user to Fred
I agree with original comment : > ideally I would like to have *both* columns that is being able to choose to display Sender and/or First recipient. It enables the code to be lighter : - after all, it's just another column - with these 2 columns some source code can be removed : the one that chooses which column to display (difference between SENT/ folder and the other ones. => should be even faster to display. but the 3rd option in comment 25 seems to me quite odd. >
Option (c) from comment 25 is what Netscape used to do in the "good ol' daze". :) I think it is a worthwhile feature, because it means I can cut down on the number of columns. Mozilla mail UI is already quite large - it takes up most of my screen estate. So, reducing by one column is definitely a plus for me. Of course, if it is going to cause a balrog in the code tree, then I am quite happy to have the other option, speaking for myself.
I just put a long description in a very related bug 123707. The problem with that old bug is that it is listed as enhancement instead of normal. Bug 166603 is related to this. Bug 174670 is another one. I am reporting this problem on Windows 2000 and Windows 98. Probably all Windows clients are affected. I'm also seeing the bug on Mozilla 1.2.1 and 1.3a. I have Courier IMAP server. Please see my fuller description in bug 123707. I guess the target milestone for this bug is getting old, can we look into 1.4a please?
Another related bug: Bug 36492 - Optional separate Recipient and Sender columns in thread pane
The original bug described in comment #0 is FIXED (probably by the checkin for Bug 93863). I just verified this with a current Windows and Linux build. See also comments #18, #22 and #23. The discussion from comment #24 onwards is about other bugs (Bug 36492 and Bug 123707). Reopen only if you still can reproduce the original bug.
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 21 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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