[Bug 281202] New: provide in-email download progress and control buttons for attachments

[S. Burmeister]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=281202

           Summary: provide in-email download progress and control buttons
                    for attachments
           Product: kmail2
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: openSUSE RPMs
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: sven.burmeister at gmx.net


Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.7.0) 
OS:                Linux

Currently kmail does not show any content of an email on an imap account until
it is fully downloaded, including attachments.

So a) after the headers and text are downloaded (which should happen first) it
should show them instantly.

And b) and what this enhancement is about is to always show the attachments as
icons instantly as well and then provide a progress bar next to each that shows
the download progress.

If the user has set to not download attachments but only on demand kmail should
provide buttons next to each attachment to download/cancel/save.

Download does as the attachment would be downloaded for kmail, i.e. a picture
would be shown inline after it was downloaded.

Cancel, cancels downloads, so if kmail started with attachment 1 the user can
cancel it in case attachment 3 is the only one he needs - even if in general he
would like kmail to download all attachments. One could even extend this
feature to just pause or prioritise attachments regarding their download order.

Save would also download that file but not within kmail but with a normal KDE
download progress window, i.e. even if kmail is closed or the user has a look
at another message the download continues – as if one would download a file
from a ftp-server.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Open an email with large attachements in kmail

Actual Results:  
content in the preview pane is not shown until the whole email is downloaded,
the user has no control over the download and has to wait for it to finish.

Expected Results:  
a) show everything already downloaded
b) inform the user about the download progress for each attachement
c) let the user control the download process
d) let the user download a file "externally", i.e. even after kmail closed.

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