[kdepim-users] Identities in Kmail

[Ingo Klöcker]

On Tuesday 16 September 2008, Art Alexion wrote:
> On Tuesday 16 September 2008 3:22:41 pm Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> > On Tuesday 16 September 2008, Art Alexion wrote:
> > > On Sep 15, 2008, at 4:20 PM, Ingo Klöcker <kloecker at kde.org> 
wrote:
> > > > On Monday 15 September 2008, Stan Goodman wrote:
> > > >> At 19:39:59 on Monday Monday 15 September 2008, Anne Wilson
> > > >>
> > > >> <cannewilson at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > > >>> On Monday 15 September 2008 10:57:09 Stan Goodman wrote:
> > > >>>> This does not do what I expected, and the message
> > > >>>> nevertheless goes out with the Default identity; without any
> > > >>>> change by the filter. What, if anything, do I have to do to
> > > >>>> choose these variant identities for those outgoing messages?
> > > >>>> If this is impossible, I am at a loss to understand what is
> > > >>>> the purpose of having more than one identity.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Stan, I've never tried to do that using filters so I honestly
> > > >>> don't know whether it's possible.  On my system I have
> > > >>> separate folders for such criteria as needing a particular
> > > >>> identity.  Then it's easy, using the folder's context menu
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > > >> But then I do not grasp the purpose of the unexplained ability
> > > >> in the Filter-configuration window, for allowing selection of
> > > >> identity; I wonder if anyone does.
> > > >
> > > > It is meant for incoming messages. If you reply to an incoming
> > > > message that has been assigned to a certain identity then this
> > > > identity will be
> > > > used for the reply. So really the only problem is with new
> > > > messages.
> > >
> > > Ingo, does this reply using the same identity as the incoming
> > > identity behavior only work in folders where no particular
> > > identity has been set?
> >
> > No, the preference for choosing an identity for a reply is as
> > follows:
> >
> > 1. The identity defined for the message (which can be set
> > explicitly via a filter) is used.
> > 2. KMail looks for an identity matching one of the recipients.
> > 3. KMail uses the identity defined for the folder.
> >
> > So the folder identity is only used as last resort.
> >
> > This is for KMail 1.9.x, but I don't think it has changed with
> > KMail 1.10.
>
> Well the reason I asked is that isn't the way it works for me anymore
> with kmail 1.9.10 (or previous 1.9.x versions).  Perhaps this changes
> with mailing list configured folders?
>
> I just replied to your email which was sent to my verizon.net
> address, and the reply identity was the default gmail.com address. 
> The folder is set to the verizon.net identity.  If it matters, I had
> just manually changed the identity of a reply from another folder set
> to the verizon.net identity by default.  (I had changed my
> subscription address to that other list, but had forgotten to change
> the folder properties.)

Hmm, I did actually check the source code before I wrote the above. So 
at least in theory it should work as I have described it above. I'll 
check it ... but not tonight ...


Regards,
Ingo
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