Closed
Bug 210521
Opened 20 years ago
Closed 13 years ago
allow semicolon-separated address list
Categories
(MailNews Core :: Composition, enhancement)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
RESOLVED
DUPLICATE
of bug 258653
People
(Reporter: smaster44, Unassigned)
References
Details
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030612 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030612 when receiving an email where the sender used ; as a seperator between emails, and then I hit reply to all, write a message, and then send it, I get an error message from mozilla. It seems that the ; cant be used as a seperator if mutiple email address are to be put on a single line, like under a to or a cc field. Also, I get this problem when cuting and pasting, I whould have to cut and paste each email address off of the line to put them all on there own line. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Expected Results: I whould like to see mozilla support the ; on a to, cc or a bcc line since many email clients do support and recignize this character.
Comment 1•20 years ago
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The Internet standard (see RFC 2822 section 3.4 , http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2822.txt) is actually a comma. The semicolon is actually used inside the "group" syntax, but that's something else. I know that Outlook has an option to use a comma as a separator, "to adapt to older clients". Yeah right. You should tell your friends to switch on this option, so that they're standards compliant. INVALID ?
Comment 2•20 years ago
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Interestingly: I just tried entering two addresses (both mine) separated with a semicolon, into the same To: field. The mail was sent to both accounts without a problem; however, the (single) header was: To: mcow@well.com;, user@domain.invalid ^--- note semicolon AND comma (If I try the same thing with a comma, I still get one header, but only the comma separating the two addresses.) The semicolon is included as part of the original address, but my mail server doesn't mind at all. If I reply-to-all, Mozilla creates a CC: header formatted exactly like the To: header.
Summary: the ";" character is not recignized in the to, cc, or bcc fields → the ";" character is not recognized in the to, cc, or bcc fields
Comment 3•20 years ago
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I tried it with a semicolon, but it was refused by my mailserver - it's clearly not a thing from Mozilla.
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Comment 4•20 years ago
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The mail server at our work supports receiving the ; between email address's, because I receive email like that. When I hit reply, and then hit send, mozilla is the one that tells me that the ; is invalid, not my mail server. If it was my mail server that didnt like the ; then I whouldnt have received the email in the 1st place. Im totally ok with mozilla massage'ing the email receipients then instead of supporting ; and using the ; as a seperator instead.
Updated•19 years ago
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Product: MailNews → Core
Comment 5•18 years ago
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See bug 242693. If a message arrives with semi-separated addresses, the handling on Reply-All is not particularly useful. In particular, I have set up test messages following the same format as those in 242693. When I Reply All, then Send (Later) and look at the CC: field in the sent message, the results are almost identical, and equally useless. To: a@xxx.tld; b@xxx.tld is parsed into CC: "@xxx.tld; b@xxx.tld" <- this result different from same case at 242693 To: a@xxx.tld; B <b@xxx.tld> is parsed into CC: "a@xxx.tld; B" <b@xxx.tld> To: A <a@xxx.tld>; b@xxx.tld is parsed into CC: "A ; b@xxx.tld" <a@xxx.tld> To: A <a@tld.xx>; B <b@tld.xxx> is parsed into CC: "A <a@tld.xx>; B" <b@tld.xxx> The display of these lists generally matches the way the field is parsed on reply (xref bug 273884), except for the first case, which appears in the Recipient column as: "\"\"a\"@xxx.tld; b@xxx.tld" and in the envelope panel as: a"@xxx.tld; b@xxx.tld
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Summary: the ";" character is not recognized in the to, cc, or bcc fields → Smarter handling of Reply All when To: contains semicolon-separated address list
Comment 6•18 years ago
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*** Bug 289440 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7•16 years ago
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sorry for the spam. making bugzilla reflect reality as I'm not working on these bugs. filter on FOOBARCHEESE to remove these in bulk.
Assignee: sspitzer → nobody
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Updated•15 years ago
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Product: Core → MailNews Core
Updated•13 years ago
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Blocks: 399154
Severity: normal → enhancement
Summary: Smarter handling of Reply All when To: contains semicolon-separated address list → allow semicolon-separated address list
Comment 9•13 years ago
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hmm, dup to bug 258653?
Comment 10•13 years ago
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(In reply to comment #9) > hmm, dup to bug 258653? yes
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 13 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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