Re: [Evolution] No warning for message with no recipient in To: line

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 10:05 -0800, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 10:28 +0530, Akhil Laddha wrote:
> > On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 11:38 +0800, Ng Oon-Ee wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 10:39 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > > 2009/12/12 Chris <cpollock embarqmail com>
> > > >         Shouldn't there be some kind of warning when trying to send an
> > > >         email with nothing in the To: line?
>
> > The bug has been fixed in 2.29.x 
> > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=250046

It's not clear we're talking about the same bug. The BZ report is for a
more complicated scenario (though the fix may cover both cases). Not
flagging a missing To: field would certainly have been reported before
now, so it looks like it's actually a regression.

> > - Akhil
>
> Also didn't exist in Evolution 2.26.3

I've now had a chance to verify this. It appears that the message is
accepted for sending but doesn't go anywhere. It's not in the Outbox,
nor in the Drafts. IOW a user who falls victim to this bug is quite
likely to lose the message he was composing. This seems to me quite
serious, and waiting for a fix in 2.30 means waiting 6 months for those
who don't compile their own Evo, which is most people.

If at all possible, I would urge the devs to consider backporting the
fix to 2.28.

poc