Emails shown in a Fastmail account have metadata attached to them as tags
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Description
Steps to reproduce
- Configure an app password for Fastmail with Mail (IMAP/POP/SMTP) Access
- Connect your fastmail account with nextcloud
- Note how emails have tags created out of nowhere now on them
Expected behavior
Metadata. Including whether or not a message is junk mail, is trusted,
Actual behavior
Nextcloud misinterprets this data as tags created by the user and mistakingly applies this extra info as though it were tags that were applied from the user.
Mail app version
1.13.4
Mailserver or service
Fastmail
Operating system
Ubuntu 22.04
PHP engine version
PHP 8.1
Web server
Apache (supported)
Database
PostgreSQL
Additional info
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue with a Fastmail account using Mail app 1.13.4, then trace how IMAP metadata is represented and displayed as tags. No file or test is named; done means Fastmail metadata such as junk or trust status is no longer shown as user-created tags, with regression coverage added.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, php
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100