[knode] [Bug 319394] New: KNode does not validate server addresses at account creation

[Shriramana Sharma]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=319394

            Bug ID: 319394
           Summary: KNode does not validate server addresses at account
                    creation
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: knode
           Version: 4.10.x
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: samjnaa at gmail.com

Hello. I am using Kubuntu Raring with latest updates i.e. KDE 4.10.2.

I created a newsgroup as follows:

Settings > Configure KNotes > Accounts > NewsGroup Servers > Add >

Name: DigitalMars
Server: news://news.digitalmars.com/

Click OK. Then select the new group, click Subscribe > Fetch List. I get an
error saying:

Malformed URL nntp://:119?desc=true.

If I go back to the account properties and change the server address to:

news.digitalmars.com

then it works. Even a slash at the end of the server name will cause this
problem.

If there is only a particular format of server address that is recognized, then
the Server Field textbox should validate that. At least upon pressing OK the
dialog box should validate the server address.

And I don't get why it is a problem to include news:// at the beginning or a
slash at the end -- URLs copy-pasted from the net can have these. The program
can and should easily test for these and remove these automatically without
reporting an error.

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