[Bug 286235] New: confusing error-message when there is no mail-address specified for the identity

[MuH4hA]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=286235

           Summary: confusing error-message when there is no mail-address
                    specified for the identity
           Product: kmail2
           Version: 4.7
          Platform: openSUSE RPMs
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: NOR
         Component: config dialog
        AssignedTo: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: MuH4hA at gmail.com


Version:           4.7 (using KDE 4.7.2) 
OS:                Linux

When there is no valid mail-address specified in
configure->identity->general->email-address field, the following error-message
appears:

"The email address you entered is not valid because it does not seem to contain
an actual email address, i.e. something of the form joe at example.org."

This is confusing, cause some people when setting up kmail for the first time
on a system, just skip the 'general'-section to specify a reply-to-address in
'advanced'. They get the message, that their mail-address is not valid, which
can be quit confusing.

Admittedly, it doesn't take much to figure out the real problem, but this
behavior has confused at least a handful of people. (See bugs 237646 and 280151
for example).

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Open the big configure dialog -> Modify/Edit an Identity -> klick "OK" while
the 'email address' field in the 'general'-section does not contain a valid
mail-addy.

Actual Results:  
kmail prints the following error-message:

"The email address you entered is not valid because it does not seem to contain
an actual email address, i.e. something of the form joe at example.org."

Expected Results:  
It would be great, if either the error-message contained the information about
what field actually causes the problem, or if there would just be no
error-message at all.
(you will be reminded of entering a mail-address at some point anyway - if I am
not mistaken..)

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