Kmail ignoring templates in replies

[Dave Simmons]

Binary package hint: kdepim

KMail
Version 1.11.2

I just cannot get this version of Kmail to use the 'Standard Templates' tab.

In reply to Sender I have:

%CURSOR

On %ODATEEN %OTIMELONGEN you 9wrote:
%QUOTE

Taken from my KDE3x days. (notice the '9' next to wrote - for testing).

If I hit reply or reply to Author:

Cursor is at the bottom of the quoted email (very annoying) and the top of the quoted message is listed as:

On Thursday 15 January 2009 17:04:03 you wrote:

Same for Reply to All.

At first I thought it was just ignoring the %CURSOR, but then quickly realised it is completely ignoring the Templates.

[Dave Simmons (me-davidsimmons)]

A further update on this bug. This is indeed a bug.

It would appear that on all my folders the option 'Use custom message templates' is on.

If I turn this OFF, it still ignores the templates in the main settings.

To get around this, I have to edit every custom template on every folder! Most annoying.

A response to this or even an acknowledgement would be great.

Dave

[Dave Simmons (me-davidsimmons)]

A further update.

A simpler way to 'get round this' is to close KMail. Then edit kmailrc (.kde/share/config/) and remove all [Template...] sections.

Then save it.

Once you restart it it should use the main Standard Templates.

The problem still remains that you cannot turn off using custom Templates for each folder.

[LimCore (limcore)]

I seen this on kmail in ubuntu 9.04

[LimCore (limcore)]

OR something similar? It was depending whether I used reply (or button r) on an email, or did I selected an email address and composed new email to that address - in 2nd case, the templates where not used.

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

Hi there!

Thanks for reporting this bug! Your bug seems to be a problem with the KDE program itself, and not with our KDE packages. While we appreciate your issue, it would be better if it was tracked at https://bugs.kde.org, so that the KDE developers can deal with this speedily and have direct communication with you as the reporter for more effective debugging.

Thanks!