RocketChat / RocketChat/Rocket.Chat
Email inboxes - formatting of emails
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Description
Description:
Emails received doesnt look right. Formatting is gone - that is understandable as rocket.chat message format might not support it. But all text is concatinated.
Is it a bug?
Steps to reproduce:
- Setup "Email inboxes"
- send email from gmail to rocket chat email inbox
- compare
Expected behavior:
- paragraphs separated by space
- lists (ordered / unordered) converted to * or 1, 2, 3
- maybe even markdown format
Actual behavior:
becomes
Example 2
becomes
Server Setup Information:
Version
3.15.0
Deployment ID
s2Wtn8PWRwMh8mGMJ
Apps Engine Version
1.26.0
Node Version
v12.22.1
Database Migration
225 (22.06.21 17:55)
MongoDB
3.6.14 / wiredTiger (oplog Enabled)
Commit Details
HEAD: (55457025d)
Branch: HEAD
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Client Setup Information
- Desktop App
- Operating System: Windows
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Research direction
No source file or test is named in the issue. Start by reproducing the Email inboxes flow with a Gmail message containing paragraphs and ordered or unordered lists, then trace how the incoming email becomes a Rocket.Chat message. Done means preserving paragraph spacing and representing lists without concatenating their text.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100