zd 2.0 reply prefix doesn't work by default

[egts]

Hello all,

First of, great job on ZD 2.0! I really enjoyed the 1.x series and the 2.0 series is even better! Please keep up the fantastic work!

I'm seeing some small issues though on ZD 2.0 for Linux.

1. If I set my replies to "Use prefix" to put a > at the beginning of each line in a reply, >s don't appear when I restart ZD and reply to a message. The setting is still set in the preferences, but the behavior isn't applied upon reply. To get around it, I need to go into the Preferences every time I start ZD, de-select "Use prefix", save preferences, re-select it, and save preferences.

2. Replies can "Use headers" (which is very verbose) or not ("----- Original Message -----"). ZD 1.x used to do what most traditional email systems do ("On Wed, Sep 01, 2010 at 02:26:19PM -0400, Bob Smith wrote:"). Is there any way to get this behavior back?

3. How can I get replys to always be plain text? This doesn't happen for me. I don't have "Reply/Forward using format of the original message" checked and I do have "Compose: As Text" checked.

Thanks!

Dave

[LadyBug]

Originally Posted by egts

1. If I set my replies to "Use prefix" to put a > at the beginning of each line in a reply, >s don't appear when I restart ZD and reply to a message. The setting is still set in the preferences, but the behavior isn't applied upon reply. To get around it, I need to go into the Preferences every time I start ZD, de-select "Use prefix", save preferences, re-select it, and save preferences.

I've filed a bug in April about this issue Bug 46319 – ZD does not use reply preferences at first but it seems Zimbra has trouble reproducing it. Please go and comment on your situation so we can get it fixed.

In my case I just need to go to the preferences -> composing tab to get the > behaviour back. No deselect & save & reselect & save cycle necessary. Just viewing the preferences gets the prefix back -- for a while.

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by LadyBug

I've filed a bug in April about this issue Bug 46319 – ZD does not use reply preferences at first but it seems Zimbra has trouble reproducing it. Please go and comment on your situation so we can get it fixed.

In my case I just need to go to the preferences -> composing tab to get the > behaviour back. No deselect & save & reselect & save cycle necessary. Just viewing the preferences gets the prefix back -- for a while.

A couple of things you haven't mentioned in that bug report: does it happen if you compose in a new window only; does it happen if you are replying to an HTML message; is this a 32 bit or 64 bit version of Windows 7; is your Windows fully patched and up to date? If any of the behaviour is different in those circumstances then perhaps you'd like to update the bug report.

[egts]

Originally Posted by LadyBug

I've filed a bug in April about this issue Bug 46319 – ZD does not use reply preferences at first but it seems Zimbra has trouble reproducing it. Please go and comment on your situation so we can get it fixed.

In my case I just need to go to the preferences -> composing tab to get the > behaviour back. No deselect & save & reselect & save cycle necessary. Just viewing the preferences gets the prefix back -- for a while.

Thanks for the pointers! I'll chime in on the BZ, thanks for sending me that!

I'm also seeing what you are seeing and I'll do you one better. You are correct that you don't have to uncheck and recheck as I noted. In fact, I don't even have to go to the Compose section. Just load the Preferences tab and then go back and then it will work as you noted.

Thanks again for chiming in!

[egts]

Originally Posted by phoenix

A couple of things you haven't mentioned in that bug report: does it happen if you compose in a new window only; does it happen if you are replying to an HTML message; is this a 32 bit or 64 bit version of Windows 7; is your Windows fully patched and up to date? If any of the behaviour is different in those circumstances then perhaps you'd like to update the bug report.

In my case, I'm running RHEL 5.5 x86_64 fully updated.

I'm also composing in a new window. For fun, I turned off compose in a new window and restarted. When I reply, the quotes do work as desired. So it seems like the problem is that the preferences don't get applied when composing in a new window until after you click on the Preferences tab and go back.

Incremental progress! Thank you!

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by egts

I'm also composing in a new window. For fun, I turned off compose in a new window and restarted. When I reply, the quotes do work as desired. So it seems like the problem is that the preferences don't get applied when composing in a new window until after you click on the Preferences tab and go back.

OK, thanks for trying that and it should go on the bug report.

[egts]

Originally Posted by phoenix

OK, thanks for trying that and it should go on the bug report.

Done. Comment #15!

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by egts

Done. Comment #15!

You're too quick for me.

[LadyBug]

Originally Posted by phoenix

A couple of things you haven't mentioned in that bug report: does it happen if you compose in a new window only; does it happen if you are replying to an HTML message; is this a 32 bit or 64 bit version of Windows 7; is your Windows fully patched and up to date? If any of the behaviour is different in those circumstances then perhaps you'd like to update the bug report.

Well, I did augment my bug report in September (comment #11) when the supposed fix did not work. There I did mention that this was seen on Win 7 32 bit.

But honestly, I reported what I thought was directly relevant to the bug at hand (reply preferences settings). Reporting HTML compose options or composing in new window did not even enter my mind, because I did not think they were relevant in this case since they were working correctly.

I would have added that stuff to my report if someone from Zimbra would have asked me to give more details on X, Y and Z instead of just saying "Can't reproduce".