Can't read messages if recipient is a mail list
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Description
Expected behavior
Open a message in order to read it
Actual behavior
The message doesn't open. A rotating “wait” icon is shown and rotates endlessly.
Mail app
0.18.1
Mailserver private (Horde as webmail)
Server configuration
Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
Apache 2.4.38
MariaDB 10.3.17
PHP 7.3
Nextcloud 17.0.1
Chrome 78
Problem found:
After investigating the problem, I found out that the emails I can't open have in common one thing:
All of them have as a recipient a mail list.
There is no problem to open this email:
But I can't open this:
Thanks.
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Research direction
No source file or test is named in the report. Reproduce the problem in Mail 0.18.1 with a message addressed to a mail list, compare it with a message for a normal recipient, and trace the message-opening flow. Done means mail-list messages open normally instead of showing an endless wait icon.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, php
- Domain
- backend, frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100