35516 - Forward Msg-Quote toolbar button does nothing.

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(MailNews Core :: Composition, defect, P3)

Description

[esther]

Using build 2000-04-11-08 & -09 on win98, mac and linux the Quote button in the 
Compose window while Forwarding a message doesn't do anything.

Per spec:  Use the "Quote" feature when Replying or Forwarding (even though 
quoting for Forwarding is not a Preference or included in the Forward drop down 
menu, users can quote a message being forwarded by clicking on the "Quote" 
button once they have started a Forward message).   Sorry, I couldn't find an 
open bug on the Quote Button w/Forward.  If this is a dup please resolve it as 
so.  

Per description of Quote button in spec: For Reply and Forward, inserts the text 
of the parent message.

1. Launch Mail
2. Select a mail message
3. Click Forward , a Message Compose window will come up with the Subject 
correctly filled in.
4. Click on the Quote Button
Result: no text is inserted, messge appears to be blank
Expected: per spec, the text from the parent message to be inserted with the 
quoted bar 
5. Send message
6. Get message
Result: message has original text but it's not quoted 
Expected: the original text to display with the quote bar in front of it.

Comment 1

[esther]

Reassigning to jglick, as I was told Forward quoting is out.  Spec needs 
updating or rewriting.

Comment 2

[esther]

cc'ing jefft

Comment 3

[jglick]

My understanding is that that Forward Quoted would no longer be available as 
an automatic option for Forwarding a message.  That means that Forward Quoted 
wouldn't be available as a pref or from the Forward button (hold and get drop 
down).  

But I thought that we were still allowing users to quote a message, whether that 
 be composing a New, Reply or Forward message, by clicking on the Quote button.

Is this wrong?  Are we not doing Quote at all anymore?  Or just not for 
Forwarding messages? Does the Quote button only work if the user is Replying to 
or Composing a New mail message?  When the user Forwards, the Quote button 
should be disabled?  Is that correct?

Comment 4

[selmer (gone)]

This button needs to work unless we're going to remove it.  I don't think we're 
removing it.  Jefft, is this yours?  I would have thought it was 
Jean-Francois...  Marking M16 since this is feature work.

Comment 5

[jefft]

I don't think this is mine, but I guess I can take it assuming that I am not too 
full. In theory, Quote button should work on all situations, New, Reply or 
Forward. It depends on what's the message selection you are having at the time 
the user press the Quote button. It should work with the whole message as a 
whole or a range of text selection. 

Comment 6

[esther]

Current status for Quote button with 5-01 m16 builds is that it's disabled on 
all platforms.  However:
On Mac and Linux, the quoted text is sent but is not visible while composing 
the forwarded message.  
On win98 the quoted text is sent and is also visible while composing the 
forwarded message.

Comment 7

[esther]

Retraction on current status mentioned above.  The forwarded messages are not 
quoting the text, my mistake their displaying inline.  However, the Quote button 
is disabled now and should be enabled.

Comment 8

[selmer (gone)]

Jean-Francois should own this.  Reassigning, marking M18.

Comment 9

[esther]

Update:  to understand how to test this functionality (with a simple mail 
message)when this is fixed, the current behavior for the Quote button in a 
Forwarded message for 4.7 is:
1.) When preference is set for Forward as Inline and the user selects a message 
then clicks Forward,  the message body is displayed in the body of the Forward 
Msg window.  If user then clicks the Quote button it will now add the text 
again, above the header information, this time quoted (so the text is displayed 
twice during composition). 
2. When preference is set for Forward as Attachment and the user selects a 
message then clicks Forward, the message body has no content.  If user then 
clicks the Quote button it will now add the text from the message being quoted 
to the new message body and quote it (so the text is displayed once during 
composition).

When received, both messages sent using the above scenarios, will have the 
original text twice (once quoted, the other not quoted)

Comment 10

[laurel]

*** Bug 42745 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 11

[sol]

Added "nsbeta3" and "correctness" keywords.

Comment 12

[Ninoschka Baca]

*** Bug 40362 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 13

[lchiang]

nsbeta3+ and mail1 per mail bug triage.

Comment 14

[Jean-Francois Ducarroz]

Per Steve Elmer, I minus this bug. We wont support the menu/button Quote for B3.
I will file a new bug for removing any UI related to it.

Comment 15

[scottputterman]

removing the mail1 keyword

Comment 16

[scottputterman]

Removing the mail1 keyword.

Comment 17

[jglick]

Should this be marked invalid since Quote doesn't currently appear on the 
Toolbar?

Comment 18

[Jean-Francois Ducarroz]

Right, invalid...

Comment 19

[[e-mail] (gone - use [e-mail] instead)]

Agreed, the button isn't there. INVALID, VERIFIED.