thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android
Allow listing and visiting all MIME parts
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Description
Allow listing and visiting all MIME parts, like in the Mutt mail reader, or Emacs' Gnus. That way the user has full control.
Give the user the right to know the full list of MIME parts to the message they received.
Including the sizes and MIME types.
And allow them to freedom to open and inspect each part, in the application they choose.
No longer shall email messages be some sort of black box.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start from the issue's requested behavior: expose every MIME part with its size and MIME type, and let users inspect each part using an application they choose. The issue names no files, tests, or entry points; clarify the UI and handling scope with maintainers before implementation, then verify that all parts are listable and openable.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, kotlin
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100