[Bug 46106] Redirecting a message doesn't respect chosen identity

[Daniel Robitaille]

Public bug reported:

bug initially reported to the ubuntu-users mailing list using reportbug

--------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Konstantin Seiler <list at kseiler.de>
To: Ubuntu Bug Tracking System <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 14:38:29 +0200
Subject: kmail: Redirecting a message doesn't respect chosen identity
Package: kmail
Version: 4:3.5.2-0ubuntu5
Severity: normal


When you redirect a message (Menu Message->Forward->Redirect), Kmail only
asks for an address for the recipient. It does not let you choose which
identity to use. So far that would be only a whishlist-bug.

However, when you are in a folder where you selected another identity to be
used (Folder->Properties->Sender identity) Kmail still sends the Message
with the default identity.

Of course, redirecting preserves the original "From"-header anyway. However
the redirector's address gets written in a new "Resent-From"-header. That
can be pretty bad for example if the default identity is a still private and
spam-free address. Then redirecting a message to a public mailinglist or
similar can reveal that adress.

So either the identity should be kept completely invisible (no Resent-From)
or the user should be promptet to choose an identity with a default to the
one that should be used in the current folder.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
 APT prefers dapper-updates
 APT policy: (500, 'dapper-updates'), (500, 'dapper-security'), (500, 'dapper')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-23-386
Locale: LANG=de_DE at euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE at euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages kmail depends on:
ii  kdebase-kio-plugins   4:3.5.2-0ubuntu23  core I/O slaves for KDE
ii  kdelibs4c2a           4:3.5.2-0ubuntu18  core libraries for all KDE applica
ii  kdepim-kio-plugins    4:3.5.2-0ubuntu5   KDE pim I/O Slaves
ii  libart-2.0-2          2.3.17-1           Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libaudio2             1.7-3ubuntu3       The Network Audio System (NAS). (s
ii  libc6                 2.3.6-0ubuntu19    GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libfontconfig1        2.3.2-1.1ubuntu12  generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6          2.1.10-1ubuntu2    FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgcc1               1:4.0.3-1ubuntu5   GCC support library
ii  libice6               2:1.0.0-0ubuntu2   X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libidn11              0.5.18-1           GNU libidn library, implementation
ii  libjpeg62             6b-11              The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii  libkcal2b             4:3.5.2-0ubuntu5   KDE calendaring library
ii  libkdepim1a           4:3.5.2-0ubuntu5   KDE PIM library
ii  libkleopatra1         4:3.5.2-0ubuntu5   KDE GnuPG interface libraries
ii  libkmime2             4:3.5.2-0ubuntu5   KDE MIME interface library
ii  libkpimidentities1    4:3.5.2-0ubuntu5   KDE PIM user identity information
ii  libksieve0            4:3.5.2-0ubuntu5   KDE mail/news message filtering li
ii  libmimelib1c2a        4:3.5.2-0ubuntu5   KDE mime library
ii  libpng12-0            1.2.8rel-5         PNG library - runtime
ii  libqt3-mt             3:3.3.6-1ubuntu3   Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime v
ii  libsm6                2:1.0.0-0ubuntu2   X11 Session Management library
ii  libstdc++6            4.0.3-1ubuntu5     The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libx11-6              2:1.0.0-0ubuntu9   X11 client-side library
ii  libxcursor1           1.1.5.2-0ubuntu4   X cursor management library
ii  libxext6              2:1.0.0-0ubuntu4   X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxft2               2.1.8.2-0ubuntu2   FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxi6                2:1.0.0-0ubuntu3   X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1          2:1.0.1-0ubuntu2   X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxrandr2            1:1.1.0.2-0ubuntu4 X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1           1:0.9.0.2-0ubuntu2 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  libxt6                1:1.0.0-0ubuntu3   X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii  perl                  5.8.7-10ubuntu1    Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii  zlib1g                1:1.2.3-6ubuntu4   compression library - runtime

Versions of packages kmail recommends:
ii  kdebase-kio-plugins    4:3.5.2-0ubuntu23 core I/O slaves for KDE
ii  kdepim-kio-plugins     4:3.5.2-0ubuntu5  KDE pim I/O Slaves
ii  procmail               3.22-11ubuntu2    Versatile e-mail processor

-- no debconf information

** Affects: kdepim (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed

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Redirecting a message doesn't respect chosen identity
https://launchpad.net/bugs/46106