[Bug 309848] New: EMail address reported as invalid - but I use it since years now...

[bergwerk at cvmx.com]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=309848

            Bug ID: 309848
          Severity: normal
           Version: 4.8.5
          Priority: NOR
          Assignee: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
           Summary: EMail address reported as invalid - but I use it since
                    years now...
    Classification: Unclassified
                OS: Linux
          Reporter: bergwerk at cvmx.com
          Hardware: openSUSE RPMs
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
         Component: config dialog
           Product: kmail2

One of my email addresses is of the form
a.b.c. at provider.de
This EMail is reported as invalid when I try to use it while creating a new
identity in KMail2.
When creating an identity using an EMail that has a "." before the "@"
character, KMail2 reports this EMail address as invalid. When closing the
identity creating dialog an error box pops up mentioning "invalid EMail
addess".

For sure, the "." before the "@" character is something very special. I already
know, that lot of provides are having problems with it (so some people can't
send me an email). But I use this address already more than 10 years without
some other major problems.
Maybe it's not what the EMail standard expects, but it works for me.

Could we please make KMail more tolerant to such EMail addresses? Maybe showing
a warning instead of an error box? So that I can close the identity creation
dialog and KMail just uses this address?

It seams only to be an issue with the identity creation dialog, because when
adding this EMail using an text editor to files
~/.kde4/share/config/emaildefaults and ~/.kde/share/config/emailidentities,
KMail2 works fine, as long as I'm not changing that identity using the identity
creation dialog ;)


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open KMail Setup Dialog.
2.Choose page to manage your identities.
3.Add a new identity with EMail address a.b.c. at gmx.de
Actual Results:  
EMail is reported as invalid.  When using a.b.c at gmx.de everything works as
expected.

Expected Results:  
KMail should be more tolerant with EMail addresses containing a "." character
before the "@" character. If this is realy a non standard conform EMail
address, KMail could show a warning message, but it should not deny using such
an EMail address.

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