KMail composer: address drop-down omits middle names

[Peter Popov]

When composing a new email, in the address drop-down that appears in any of the recipient headers, KMail omits middle names in the display name/alias even though they are present in the addressbook. This happens with an LDAP addressbook but could be unrelated to the actual type.

One could potentially send email to the wrong person, and this could be a very serious issue with even legal implications.

[Rocco Stanzione (trappist)]

This is a configuration issue, not a bug. When you create the contact, you can select "Full Name" as the formatted name. You can also configure the address book to make "Full Name" the default formatted name. Once configured, the full name shows in the drop down as you describe.

[Peter Popov (xianath)]

I would agree with you if it were not for remote addressbooks (LDAP, eGroupwise etc.) where I have no control of how they are created.

Attached are screenshots of my current configuration and the issue. As you can see, I have it configured correctly, and it shows up correctly in KAddressBook, but not in KMail.

Regards,
Peter

On Friday 25 August 2006 08:01, Rocco Stanzione wrote:
> This is a configuration issue, not a bug. When you create the contact,
> you can select "Full Name" as the formatted name. You can also
> configure the address book to make "Full Name" the default formatted
> name. Once configured, the full name shows in the drop down as you
> describe.
>
> ** Changed in: kdepim (Ubuntu)
> Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected
>

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[Jérôme Guelfucci (jerome-guelfucci-deactivatedaccount)]

Thank you for your bug report. Do you still have this issue with the latest release of Ubuntu ?

[Peter Popov (xianath)]

Jérôme,

I am running Feisty and this one looks fixed.

Thanks,
Peter

On Thursday 07 June 2007 20:31:33 Jérôme Guelfucci wrote:
>Thank you for your bug report. Do you still have this issue with the
>latest release of Ubuntu ?
>
>** Changed in: kdepim (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Medium
> Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
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[Jérôme Guelfucci (jerome-guelfucci-deactivatedaccount)]

Thank you for answering fast, I'm marking this as fixed.