522885 - Wrong label: "Recipient" column must be labeled "To" as it doesn't show all recipients (missing headers: CC, BCC)

Status: REOPENED

(Thunderbird :: Folder and Message Lists, defect)

Description

[Thomas D. (:thomas8)]

Attachment: Screenshot: Recipient column not showing CC or BCC recipients

In mail folder views, "Recipient" column is promising more than it holds, as it's only showing TO-recipients, but none of CC- or BCC-Recipients. Clearly, these are also recipients.

Actual behaviour:
- "Recipient" column shows only TO-header recipients, but no CC or BCC recipients

Expected behaviour / Solution 1(quickfix):
- on the column header, show "To" instead of "Recipient"
- Since we're in string freeze, I think we can safely use existing "To"-Label from "Search messages" header dropdown list, because it wont change nor disappear.

Solution 2(long-term)
I'll post another bug to request that we implement a "Recipients" column that actually does what it says, show all recipients (to, cc, and bcc).
Most likely, we should also have separate columns for each of To, CC and BCC.

Comment 1

[Thomas D. (:thomas8)]

Filed Bug 522886 -  Implement "Recipients" column that shows all recipients (To, CC, and BCC)

Fixing bug 522886 will also fix this bug (they aren't duplicates, though).

Comment 2

[Thomas D. (:thomas8)]

[fixed by bug 522886]

Comment 3

[Thomas D. (:thomas8)]

Bug 522886 which fixed this was backed out per Bug 522886 Comment 93, so it's currently not fixed.