Thunderbird/Papercuts

Papercuts are those issues which aren't complicated to fix but cause a fairly persistent annoyance in operation - daily use. To prove that Thunderbird's development is not going to die, several people have committed themselves to fixing five papercuts in a single year. This page is for tracking the status of these papercut fixes.

Papercut accepted

For a bug to "make to the cut" to be a papercut, it must be nominated plus get at least one (additional) vote.

Papercut nominations

What papercut issues would you like to see fixed? Add them to this list, or vote for others in this list!

Don't vote for your own bug, you already gave one vote by nominating the bug.
Preferably, said bug affects a high percentage of users.
When your nominated bug gets at least one vote, add [tb-papercut] to the bugzilla whiteboard so it gets on the list.

Note: Please disable the HTML editor when making changes to this page. HTML editors tend to break things

Bugzilla query for open bugs on this wiki as of 2015-03-21

Bug number	Bug summary	Nominated by	Voted by	fixed in /by
bug 543827	Option to use same credentials for outgoing as incoming	tanstaafl_bh
~~bug 545906~~	~~Make column pickers sticky/persistent (menu should behave like a panel, i.e. stay open for selecting multiple columns until user clicks outside or ESC)~~	tanstaafl_bh		TB68 / Alta88
bug 644713	more meaningful status bar information when mass moving messages between IMAP accounts	tanstaafl_bh
~~bug 772796~~	~~Deleting quotes causes preformats to be deleted. (This is really core editor problem of joining <div> and <pre>)~~	jcranmer	agrude, MarkyMarkDE, rkent	TB43 /Jorg K
~~bug 450302~~	~~There is no "filter searching" (to find a filter)~~	agrude	wsmwk	TB17 /agrude
bug 671320	Inline CSS styles are not pasted when Replying to Email	agrude	MarkyMarkDE
bug 608660	Inline CSS styles will be ignored: when reply you get an console error	MarkyMarkDE
~~bug 776851~~	~~Customized toolbar is reset on every Application update~~	agrude		WFM
bug 741018	No search box shown for open search if Gloda disabled	JoeS
bug 546932	Add support for online address books using the CardDav format	Mikeyy	julienfastre, rejsmont
bug 575313	Labels on QuickFilter buttons should be togglable	Mikeyy
bug 612800	Not all tags displayed when switch between unread and not on quick filter bar	Mikeyy
~~bug 650170~~	~~[aero] Firefox-like Application Button/Menu for Thunderbird~~	Mikeyy		TB17 /Paenglab
~~bug 349547~~	~~Should not be able to open the same draft multiple times~~	michelr		TB18 /michelr
bug 263114	Saving draft message opened from Drafts subfolder unexpectedly creates a new copy of the draft in main Drafts folder, resulting in multiple versions and gross error-prone ux-confusion	michelr	wsmwk, jcranmer
bug 92165	cannot rename a local folder to its current name with different case	michelr	aceman, jcranmer, Archaeopteryx
~~bug 66763~~	~~Deleting a folder fails when there is already a folder with the same name in Trash~~	agrude	jcranmer, Archaeopteryx	TB31 /aceman
~~bug 739311~~	~~Clicking "x more" button shrinks(!) message header height~~	michelr		TB18 /michelr
~~bug 11039~~	~~allow existing filters to be applied on outgoing mails~~	michelr	rkent, Archaeopteryx	TB38 /rkent,Neil
~~bug 765803~~	~~Reply above quote (no signature, HTML composition) does no longer leave a blank line~~	mconley		TB36 /Brian Norris
~~bug 653342~~	~~CJK(Chinese, Japanese, Korean): extra space is inserted within text in mail~~	rkent		TB45 /Jorg K
bug 487386	tabs don't maintain exactly what was shown when switching tabs	rkent	Mikeyy, agrude, jcranmer
~~bug 672988~~	~~places.sqlite created when I click on a link in a message. wastes disk space~~	rkent	Mikeyy	TB28 /rsx11m
bug 66806	Print selection is always disabled for MailNews messages (only composition has correct behaviour)	rkent	Mikeyy
bug 609346	LDAP should reconnect after connection reset - error message "LDAP server search problem", Error code 0x80070057: Unknown error	rkent
~~bug 570787~~	~~Global Search: "Open as list" Results should show location column by default [containing folder, faceted search, Search all messages]~~	rkent	wsmwk, agrude
~~bug 545859~~	~~Signature is misplaced when the compose window was invoked by a mailto: link with body parameter and signature position set to "above quote"~~	rkent		TB20 /rsx11m
bug 531002	New Message Notification pop-up window inconsistent behavior	rkent	wsmwk, Atul Jangra
bug 281417	"Get Mail" toolbar button should default to "Get new messages for all accounts" (vs. "Get mail for current account")	michelr	Mikeyy, Atul Jangra, jcranmer	WIP
~~bug 482811~~	~~Unresponsive script timeout can cause hang if file dialog open (attachment, save file etc)~~	rkent	wsmwk	TB17 /irving
bug 245361	improve nsMsgContentPolicy.cpp to be more airtight	rkent
~~bug 749574~~	~~Default view of folder panel resets at start~~	rkent	Atul Jangra	TB14 /(WFM)
bug 546925	custom header search is non-functional ('Run search on server' of Edit/Find/Search Messages doesn't work any more)	rkent
~~bug 542947~~	Tbird 3.0.1 errors if mailing list contains mailing list - "sublist <sublist> is not a valid e-mail address because it is not of the form user@host." or "An error occurred while sending mail. The mail server responded: Invalid address syntax.""	rkent	cameleon	TB51 /jerome.ploquin (bug 1287726)
bug 143451	Changing "abook.mab" and "history.mab" file path locations	rkent
~~bug 129393~~	~~Side effect of locating card info with case sensitive email addresses (Collected Address Book contains duplicates because adding is case sensitive)~~	rkent	Mikeyy	TB30 /mkmelin
~~bug 528044~~	~~Global search: "Show/Open as list" results view does not remember columns (should persist column visiblity, e.g. for "location") [faceted search; search all messages]~~	rkent	wsmwk, agrude	TB29 /squib
bug 184490	Run Now for Run selected message filter / After-the-fact Filters on custom header (eg "User-Agent" or "Newsgroup") won't match for IMAP messages	rkent	wsmwk, jcranmer
bug 654744	Add confirmation/warning that deleting AB contact entries will also remove them from mailing lists	rkent	Pastisman
bug 402594	received date does not work on IMAP because Received: header is not fetched by BODY.PEEK[HEADER.FIELDS (always the same as date)	rkent
bug 539468	Message list does not scroll to show new message until you scroll	rkent	agrude, Mikeyy, Pastisman
bug 524281	Displaying a Blog feed that uses a Google friend connect followers gadget yields in browser opening an error page	Archaeopteryx
bug 240209	Mark All Newsgroups Read to newsserver context menu	Archaeopteryx	Pastisman
bug 271249	Unable to select all (sub-)folders for "saved search"	Archaeopteryx
~~bug 687428~~	~~feeds fetching new messages when application is offline (e.g. at startup)~~	Archaeopteryx		TB24 /alta88
bug 732677	Animated .gifs inserted in compose window should be animated images, are frozen	Archaeopteryx
bug 734683	Provide UI for adding more recipients than lines provided by default	Archaeopteryx	Mikeyy
~~bug 710056~~	~~Earlybird doesn't remember columns change in the message list after restart (only after restart of TB which is automatically initiated when an update is applied by Help/About/Apply Update)~~	Archaeopteryx		TB16 /rkent
~~bug 672966~~	~~Name displayed in From column is inaccurate (changed)~~	Archaeopteryx		WFM
~~bug 666923/ bug 743649~~	~~When replying, the phrase "on date xyz abc wrote:" is translated wrong (type 2. vs 3. grammar conflict)~~	Archaeopteryx		TB22
~~bug 127399~~	~~Allow sending emails with IDN based email addresses~~	Archaeopteryx		TB20 /mnyromyr
~~bug 673076~~	~~Settings pick options text not easily visible to read~~	jhopkins		system setting, so... /(WFM)
bug 387869	ability to remove address from autocompletion, like Outlook autocomplete deletion procedure	wsmwk	jcranmer, Archaeopteryx
bug 510551	improve message body snippets in thread summary	wsmwk
bug 521015	add indication that folder has new messages to tabs	wsmwk
bug 374551	Location column visibility is not persisted in saved searches	wsmwk
bug 302609	right-click on message in search messages (advanced) results should show contextual menu	wsmwk
bug 440377	compose address fields (To, Cc, Bcc) should be one field with multiple comma separated addresses - not one line per address	wsmwk		WIP
~~bug 80855~~	~~fix hostnameIsIllegal() to properly check validity of hostnames and be more robust~~	aceman		TB19 /aceman
bug 244347	cannot change sort order of accounts	aceman	MarkyMarkDE, jcranmer, Archaeopteryx	WIP
~~bug 314806~~	~~No function to set default identity~~	aceman	Archaeopteryx	TB18 /aceman
~~bug 327812~~	~~No server name validation (checking) for POP3/IMAP/News/LDAP server, whereas enabled for SMTP~~	aceman		TB20 /aceman
~~bug 536768~~	~~Storing junk filter settings broken for deferred email account if ...~~	aceman, rkent		TB17 /aceman
bug 567240	Cursor does not blink when replying	dstrickl	agrude, MarkyMarkDE
~~bug 456053~~	~~Quoted text receives hard line breaks in f=f plain-text replies~~	JoeS	rkent	TB52 /Jorg K
~~bug 136502~~	~~Provide prefs. setting to turn off Options -> Format -> Auto-Detect~~	JoeS	MarkyMarkDE, rkent	TB45 /ThomasD
bug 359574	Quote levels behavior is inconsistent on Enter/Delete	MarkyMarkDE
bug 176525	[RFE] Allow automatic detection and linking of URLs during editing	Caméléon
bug 286888	Always make compacting folders automatic, with no UI	Caméléon
bug 298438	Address book quick search should search in whole address card	Caméléon	Pastisman
bug 318600	Means to apply background color (highlight) to a selection in an HTML composition	Caméléon
bug 352428	Junk Mail Controls clumsily split between Preferences and Account Settings	Caméléon	Pastisman, wsmwk
bug 488469	put signature editing in UI (add full HTML editor)	Caméléon	rsx11m
bug 772392	Starred message shouldn't be deleted without advert	Caméléon	Pastisman
bug 328714	Undo delete message marks message as read	Pastisman	wsmwk
~~bug 558931~~	~~Recipient autocomplete doesn't find matching addressbook entries (only first words)~~	Mikeyy	ThomasD	TB31 /S.Agarwal
bug 515400	delete message from Search Messages results doesn't update view	wsmwk	ThomasD
~~bug 234210~~	~~[mozTXTToHTMLConv] ScanHTML runs over <head> -> "recognizes" links in <style>~~	MarkyMarkDE		TB38 /mkmelin (bug 964024)
~~bug 451824~~	~~Extra language packs installed from ftp.mozilla.org don't get updated~~	agrude	Marky Mark DE	2012 /kmag
~~bug 425451~~	~~message compose window defaults to four lines for recipients, wasting screen real estate/vertical space~~	bwinton	ThomasD	TB24 /ThomasD
~~bug 801260~~	~~inbound images in html e-mails cause moz-nullprincipal:{} warnings~~	MarkyMarkDE		TB52 (fixed by compose rework)