240675 - Return Reciept is not saved when I save a message as a template.

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Backend, defect)

Description

[Jim]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040114
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040114

Return Reciept status is not saved when I save an email message as a template.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1) Open a new e-mail message.  Enter an e-mail address, subject, and some text
in the body.  Then check the menu Item -- Options -> Return Reciept.  Finally
save the e-mail as a template.

2) Close the e-mail compose window.

3) Open the template message.  Then check the Return Reciept (Options -> Return
Reciept).  Notice the Return Reciept is not checked.
Actual Results:  
The status of the Return Reciept was lost.

Expected Results:  
The status of the Return Reciept should have been saved.

Comment 1

[Jim]

Verified on Windows 2000
Mozilla 1.7b
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7b) Gecko/20040323

Same problem, return reciept status is not saved with a template.

Comment 2

[Jim]

UNCONFIRMED?

This bug is simple to reproduce (confirm).

In fact none of the "Options" are saved. Not when saved as a "Draft" or as a
"Template".  

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1) Open a new e-mail message.  
   Enter an e-mail address, subject, and some text in the body.  

2) Then check any of the menu Items under "Options"
   Return Reciept
   Format
   Priority

3) Save the e-mail as a template or draft.

4) Close the e-mail compose window.

5) Open the template or draft message.  
6) Now check the Return Reciept, Format, and/or Priority Options.
   All of these value are the default values.  Nothing was saved.

Actual Results:  
The status of the Options (Return Reciept, Format, and Priority) were lost.

Expected Results:  
The status of the Options should have been saved.

Comment 3

[Jim]

bug 169171 deals with this same issue.

Comment 4

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 5

[Jim]

Yes this bug is still reproducable.

The receipt flag is saved properly, but it is not read back in when you open the
template/draft.

Here is a snip from the template file in my mail folder

X-Mozilla-Draft-Info: internal/draft; vcard=0; receipt=1; uuencode=0

As you can see the receipt flag is 1 but when I open the template the return
receipt menu item is not checked.  Moreover, when the message is sent, the
receipt flag is set back to 0 and the message is sent with out the return
receipt flag.

I know this is not a "critical" bug, but how many other options and settings are
not being read back in when opening a template/draft?

HINT: There are many!
proirity
format
encoding
return receipt
security(encrypt)

None of these are read back in from template/draft file.

Here's the problem.  I compose an email then set the security to encrypt the
message.  I get busy, save the email as a draft.  When I finaly get back to my
email, I oepn the draft, read it over and send.  OOOOPS! I just sent then email
unencrpted because my email client didn't set the proper flags.

This bug should be elevated to a security risk.

Comment 6

[Jim]

I got xprint working.  It recognizes my printers and shows the paper size is A4.  Still when I print there is no word wrapping.  Moreover, the print preview still shows a huge page (I don't know the exact size but about 100x100 inches. See previous posts).  I don't know how or why anyone else cannot confirm this bug but I cannot get rid of it.

Comment 7

[Jim]

I know this bug is old, very old, but may I must ask this question.

Why it called a template if it does not store settings such as:
format, security, priority, and return receipt?

Call it a To:Subject:Body saver.  Or a "You must still click all the options and settings but we'll save the to field for you" widget.  But don't call it a "Template", that's misleading.

You know what the most annoying part about this bug is?  All the information above is save to the template file but not read back in when the template is opened.

Ok.  I'm done with my rant.