[Users] [Bug 3932] New: Claws is sending mail prematurely as I draft messages.

[n***@thewildbeast.co.uk]

http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3932

Bug ID: 3932
Summary: Claws is sending mail prematurely as I draft messages.
Classification: Unclassified
Product: Claws Mail
Version: 3.15.1
Hardware: PC
OS: Linux
Status: NEW
Severity: critical
Priority: P3
Component: UI/Actions
Assignee: ***@lists.claws-mail.org
Reporter: ***@gmail.com

If I am drafting an email and send it, I assume it would get delivered like
this:

"Dear Bob,

How are you? Hope all is well.

Joe"

______

In reality, what it is doing is sending several emails throughout the composing
process and sending a series of emails like the following example blelow

Email sent 1 would read:

"Dear Bob,

How"

__________

Email sent 2 would read

"Dear Bob,

How are you? Hope"

__________

Another email would be sent shortly after and would read:

"Dear Bob,

How are you? Hope all is we"

__________

Until FINALLY the message is sent in its complete form.

This has been EMBARRASSING and anything you can do to help me would much be
appreciated. Here is a video demonstrating the bug using a screen recorder -
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1txYFs6c0FjLyD000JWV8UoQ8YIsJQCbx/view

Please excuse my daughter in the background.


A claws fan,
Joe
***@gmail.com

p.s. It was used on my other Linux machine version 3.15.1 on Antegros, this has
happened on my MX-16.1 machine as well.

I'm pretty sure it was when using IMPA configuration for Gmail email account.
POP3 seemed to work fine on my other Antegros machine.

Thanks.



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[n***@thewildbeast.co.uk]

http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3932

Paul <***@claws-mail.org> changed:

What |Removed |Added
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Status|NEW |RESOLVED
Resolution|--- |INVALID

--- Comment #1 from Paul <***@claws-mail.org> ---
This is a bug/mis-feature/lacking feature of gmail's imap implementation - it
cannot handle incremental saves to drafts.

These multiple drafted copies you see in the gmail web interface will not have
been sent, they are just many drafted copies.

In order to workaround gmail's broken imap you have 2 solutions:

1. Go to /Configuration/Preferences/Compose/Writing and turn of the
'Automatically save message to Drafts folder every n characters'

or

2. Use a local Drafts folder in an MH mailbox, (use /File/Add mailbox/MH... to
add one if necessary), and use the option on the account preferences Advanced
page to use that Drafts folder.