Thunderbird/Papercuts

Papercuts are those issues which aren't complicated to fix but cause a fairly persistent annoyance in operation. To prove that Thunderbird's development is not going to die, several people have committed themselves to fixing five papercuts in a single year. This page is for tracking the status of these papercut fixes.

Papercut nominations

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Bug number	Bug summary	Nominated by	Voted by
bug 772796	Deleting quotes causes preformats to be deleted	jcranmer	agrude, MarkyMarkDE, rkent
bug 450302	There is no "filter searching" (to find a filter)	agrude	wsmwk
bug 671320	Inline CSS styles are not pasted when Replying to Email	agrude	MarkyMarkDE
bug 608660	Inline CSS styles will be ignored: when reply you get an console error	MarkyMarkDE
bug 776851	Customized toolbar is reset on every Application update	agrude
bug 741018	No search box shown for open search if Gloda disabled	JoeS
bug 546932	Add support for online address books using the CardDav format	Mikeyy
bug 575313	Labels on QuickFilter buttons should be togglable	Mikeyy
bug 612800	Not all tags displayed when switch between unread and not on quick filter bar	Mikeyy
bug 650170	[aero] Firefox-like Application Button/Menu for Thunderbird	Mikeyy
bug 349547	Should not be able to open the same draft multiple times	michelr
bug 263114	Saving draft message opened from Drafts subfolder unexpectedly creates a new copy of the draft in main Drafts folder, resulting in multiple versions and gross error-prone ux-confusion	michelr	wsmwk, jcranmer
bug 92165	cannot rename a local folder to its current name with different case	michelr	aceman, jcranmer
bug 66763	Deleting a folder fails when there is already a folder with the same name in Trash	agrude	jcranmer
bug 739311	Clicking "x more" button shrinks(!) message header height	michelr
bug 11039	allow existing filters to be applied on outgoing mails	michelr	rkent
bug 765803	Reply above quote (no signature, HTML composition) does no longer leave a blank line	mconley
bug 653342	CJK(Chinese, Japanese, Korean): extra space is inserted within text in mail	rkent
bug 487386	tabs don't maintain exactly what was shown when switching tabs	rkent	Mikeyy, agrude, jcranmer
bug 672988	places.sqlite created when I click on a link in a message. wastes disk space	rkent	Mikeyy
bug 66806	Print selection is always disabled for MailNews messages (only composition has correct behaviour)	rkent	Mikeyy
bug 609346	LDAP should reconnect after connection reset - error message "LDAP server search problem", Error code 0x80070057: Unknown error	rkent
bug 570787	Global Search: "Open as list" Results should show location column by default [containing folder, faceted search, Search all messages]	rkent	wsmwk, agrude
bug 545859	Signature is misplaced when the compose window was invoked by a mailto: link with body parameter and signature position set to "above quote"	rkent
bug 531002	New Message Notification pop-up window inconsistent behavior	rkent	wsmwk, Atul Jangra

bug 281417	"Get Mail" toolbar button should default to "Get new messages for all accounts" (vs. "Get mail for current account") update : I've worked on it : it's a one-line patch : mail/base/content/mailWindowOverlay.xul, line 1752 : <toolbarbutton id="button-getmsg" type="menu-button" class="toolbarbutton-1" label="&getMsgButton.label;" tooltiptext="&getMsgButton.tooltip;" - oncommand="MsgGetMessagesForAccount(event.target._folder)" + oncommand="MsgGetMessagesForAllAuthenticatedAccounts()" observes="button_getNewMessages">	michelr	Mikeyy, Atul Jangra, jcranmer
bug 482811	Unresponsive script timeout can cause hang if file dialog open (attachment, save file etc)	rkent	wsmwk
bug 245361	improve nsMsgContentPolicy.cpp to be more airtight	rkent
bug 749574	Default view of folder panel resets at start	rkent	Atul Jangra
bug 546925	custom header search is non-functional ('Run search on server' of Edit/Find/Search Messages doesn't work any more)	rkent
bug 542947	Tbird 3.0.1 errors if mailing list contains mailing list - "sublist <sublist> is not a valid e-mail address because it is not of the form user@host." or "An error occurred while sending mail. The mail server responded: Invalid address syntax.""	rkent	cameleon
bug 143451	Changing "abook.mab" and "history.mab" file path locations	rkent
bug 129393	Side effect of locating card info with case sensitive email addresses (Collected Address Book contains duplicates because adding is case sensitive)	rkent	Mikeyy
bug 528044	Global search: "Show/Open as list" results view does not remember columns (should persist column visiblity, e.g. for "location") [faceted search; search all messages]	rkent	wsmwk, agrude
bug 184490	Run Now for Run selected message filter / After-the-fact Filters on custom header (eg "User-Agent" or "Newsgroup") won't match for IMAP messages	rkent	wsmwk, jcranmer
bug 654744	Add confirmation/warning that deleting AB contact entries will also remove them from mailing lists	rkent	Pastisman
bug 402594	received date does not work on IMAP because Received: header is not fetched by BODY.PEEK[HEADER.FIELDS (always the same as date)	rkent
bug 539468	Message list does not scroll to show new message until you scroll	rkent	agrude, Mikeyy, Pastisman
bug 524281	Displaying a Blog feed that uses a Google friend connect followers gadget yields in browser opening an error page	Archaeopteryx
bug 240209	Mark All Newsgroups Read to newsserver context menu	Archaeopteryx	Pastisman
bug 271249	Unable to select all (sub-)folders for "saved search"	Archaeopteryx
bug 687428	feeds fetching new messages when application is offline (e.g. at startup)	Archaeopteryx
bug 732677	Animated .gifs inserted in compose window should be animated images, are frozen	Archaeopteryx
bug 734683	Provide UI for adding more recipients than lines provided by default	Archaeopteryx	Mikeyy
bug 710056	Earlybird doesn't remember columns change in the message list after restart (only after restart of Tb which is automatically initiated when an update is applied by Help/About/Apply Update)	Archaeopteryx
bug 672966	Name displayed in From column is inaccurate (changed)	Archaeopteryx
bug 743649	reply header not completely localizable, comma enforced	Archaeopteryx
bug 127399	Allow sending emails with IDN based email addresses	Archaeopteryx
bug 673076	Settings pick options text not easily visible to read	jhopkins
bug 387869	ability to remove address from autocompletion, like Outlook autocomplete deletion procedure	wsmwk	jcranmer
bug 510551	improve message body snippets in thread summary	wsmwk
bug 521015	add indication that folder has new messages to tabs	wsmwk
bug 374551	Location column visibility is not persisted in saved searches	wsmwk
bug 302609	right-click on message in search messages (advanced) results should show contextual menu	wsmwk
bug 440377	compose address fields (To, Cc, Bcc) should be one field with multiple comma separated addresses - not one line per address	wsmwk
bug 80855	fix hostnameIsIllegal() to properly check validity of hostnames and be more robust	aceman
bug 244347	cannot change sort order of accounts	aceman	MarkyMarkDE, jcranmer
bug 314806	No function to set default identity	aceman
bug 327812	No server name validation (checking) for POP3/IMAP/News/LDAP server, whereas enabled for SMTP	aceman
bug 536768	Storing junk filter settings broken for deferred email account if ...	aceman, rkent
bug 567240	Cursor does not blink when replying	dstrickl	agrude, MarkyMarkDE
bug 456053	Quoted text receives hard line breaks in f=f plain-text replies	JoeS	rkent
bug 136502	Provide prefs. setting to turn off Options -> Format -> Auto-Detect	JoeS	MarkyMarkDE, rkent
bug 359574	Quote levels behavior is inconsistent on Enter/Delete	MarkyMarkDE
bug 176525	[RFE] Allow automatic detection and linking of URLs during editing	Caméléon
bug 286888	Always make compacting folders automatic, with no UI	Caméléon
bug 298438	Address book quick search should search in whole address card	Caméléon	Pastisman
bug 318600	Means to apply background color (highlight) to a selection in an HTML composition	Caméléon
bug 352428	Junk Mail Controls clumsily split between Preferences and Account Settings	Caméléon	Pastisman, wsmwk
bug 488469	put signature editing in UI (add full HTML editor)	Caméléon
bug 772392	Starred message shouldn't be deleted without advert	Caméléon	Pastisman
bug 328714	Undo delete message marks message as read	Pastisman	wsmwk
bug 558931	Autocomplete doesn't search all addressbook entries (only first word)	Mikeyy

Papercut fix progress

The following bugs have been accepted as papercuts by the initiative and are unfixed:

Full Query

ID	Summary	Priority	Status
281417	"Get Mail" toolbar button should default to "Get new messages for all accounts" (vs. "Get mail for current account")	--	ASSIGNED
349547	Should not be able to open the same draft multiple times	--	RESOLVED
387869	ability to remove address from autocompletion, like Outlook autocomplete deletion procedure	--	NEW
425451	message compose window defaults to four lines for recipients, wasting screen real estate/vertical space (add pref: mail.compose.addresswidget.numRowsShownDefault=3; allow manual resizing to minimum of 1 row)	--	VERIFIED
487386	Tabs don't maintain exactly what was shown when switching tabs (e.g. reload feed page, loss of message scroll position, text selection, focus, attachment pane UI state) [not remember, lose, forget, reset] - current status: see comment 99	--	RESOLVED
488469	put signature editing in UI (add full HTML editor)	--	NEW
515400	delete message from Search Messages results doesn't update view	--	NEW
539468	Message list does not scroll to show new message until you scroll	--	NEW
545859	Signature is misplaced when the compose window was invoked by a mailto: link with body parameter and signature position set to "above quote"	--	VERIFIED
558931	Composition's recipient autocomplete does not / fails to show all matching address book entries (implement partial/substring matching for each of multiple search words; find 2nd words etc. as in Message Quick Filter: foo AND bar for XXL search power)	--	RESOLVED
653342	CJK(Chinese, Japanese, Korean): extra space is inserted within text in mail due to wrap produced by mailnews.wraplength and line length limitation of 1000bytes of SMTP	--	RESOLVED
739311	Clicking "x more" button shrinks(!) message header height, so that less or even no recipients are in view [multiple, many, lots of recipients]	--	RESOLVED
772796	Joining <div> with <pre> obliterates preformatting (Part 1: Fix MoveBlock ())	--	RESOLVED
1203847	Take "Bug 772796 - Joining <div> with <pre> obliterates preformatting" into TB 38.x	--	RESOLVED

14 Total; 5 Open (35.71%); 7 Resolved (50%); 2 Verified (14.29%);

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