thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android

k9 doesn't allow commas in Recipient Names (to/cc/bcc)

Open
#5,317 2 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Dominant language
Kotlin
Stars
14k
Forks
2.8k
Avg merge
3d 3h
Merged PRs (30d)
57

Description

Describe the bug
I can't add commas to mail recipients

To Reproduce
Start writing an e-mail.
Paste this into the to/cc/bcc fields:
"h, b"<h.b@example.com>

Expected behavior
it pastes the string instead of deleting it due to the comma in the naming string.
Answering e-mails works fine and keeps these names but you cannot write or paste names with commas within K9 itself.

Environment (please complete the following information):

  • K-9 Mail version: 5.7.34
  • Android version: 10, Havoc OS 3.12
  • Device: OnePlus 3T
  • Account type: irrelevant, IMAP

Logs
I could take some logs but reproducing this is easy.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Reproduce the issue by pasting the quoted recipient into the to, cc, and bcc fields, then trace the recipient-entry parsing used by those fields. Done means names containing commas are retained when entered or pasted, matching the behavior described for replies.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
android, kotlin
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.