[kmail2] [Bug 434425] New: Lack of options and confusing defaults in Account Assistant (IMAP)

[Massimiliano L]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=434425

            Bug ID: 434425
           Summary: Lack of options and confusing defaults in Account
                    Assistant (IMAP)
           Product: kmail2
           Version: 5.16.3
          Platform: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: m.lincetto at gmail.com
  Target Milestone: ---

The wizard of the Account Assistant lacks some configuration options and
requires the user to edit different configurations after having added an
account. In particular. Also some defaults are confusing and should probably be
revised.

1. account name is not selectable, a new account will appear with a generic
name ("IMAP Account 1") and the user has to modify this manually;

2. while the wizard is launched from the "Receiving" tab, it ends up adding an
"Identity", the identity name is not configurable from the wizard. The user
should be probably made aware a new identity is being created and be prompted
for the name;

3. by default, serverside subscriptions are enabled and this may cause an IMAP
account not to appear at all without any prompt or warning for the user (see
also bug 419872); very confusing behaviour even for "expert" users;

4. Sent mail and Wastebin folders default to local folders while one may want
to stick to the folders in the server; to edit the wastebin location one has to
modify the Receiving account but to edit the Sent mail folder one has to edit
the Identity (which is not obvious as, see point 2, the user is not made aware
of the fact a new identity is being created and some of the options are stored
in it).

5. this is maybe subjective but defaulting to the creation of a GPG key pair
when a new account is added is probably not the most sensible choice; an expert
user can opt-in for cryptography but a non-expert should probably not be
"lured" into setting up something they do not fully understand; maybe the
feature can be dropped from the wizard altogether (note that in recent years
several professionals have advised against the use of PGP-style security in
emails for OPSEC reasons).

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