Bug 3964 - Attachment icon doesn't show in message list unless the message is clicked and then disappears later
Summary: Attachment icon doesn't show in message list unless the message is clicked an...
Status: REOPENED
Alias: None
Product: Claws Mail
Classification: Unclassified
Component: UI/Message List (show other bugs)
Version: 4.1.1
Hardware: PC Linux
: P3 normal
Assignee: users
URL:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2018-02-15 11:22 UTC by George
Modified: 2024-05-16 17:34 UTC (History)
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Description George 2018-02-15 11:22:10 UTC
STR:

1. Open a mail folder (not INBOX) containing a message with attachment

EXPECTED
There icon for attachment should appear left of the message to show that there is an attachment.

ACTUAL
The icon appears only after the message is clicked. After navigating to another folder and returning to the previous one the icon is still there. After restarting claws-mail the icon is gone again. In INBOX everything seems to work as expected.

Testing with a Gmail account without synchronizing folders for offline use, configured as per http://www.claws-mail.org/faq/index.php/Using_Claws_with_Gmail
Comment 1 Paul 2018-02-15 11:43:26 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 3307 ***
Comment 2 Cristian Secară 2018-02-15 16:27:07 UTC
For the bugged behaviour described here there is a workaround – although it involves some extra work: just move whatever message (any message) from the actual folder to a different folder (any folder) and then put it back => now the attachment icon stays there permanently even after Claws Mail restart.

I was forced to do that for all of my folders (and there are a lot) when I switched to Claws Mail and had to import all my messages and folders structure from Sylpheed.

BTW this bug affects also the PGP signature icon.

Cristi
Comment 3 Paul 2022-12-02 19:32:58 UTC
As reported on the IRC channel by ursa, the necessary steps to reproduce (step 3 seems to hold the key):

1) delete all dotfiles from the mailbox 
2) open claws 
*3*) mark all items as read in inbox without clicking the mail 
4) close claws 
5) open claws 
6) open inbox 
7) click the email 
8) observe that attachment icon appears 
9) close claws 
10) reopen claws 
11) observe attachment icon does not persist
Comment 4 Paul 2022-12-02 19:35:55 UTC
Further observations:

* it doesn't have to be the inbox
* only the dot files in the test folder  need to deleted
* no more than one message in the folder must have an attachment
Comment 5 Paul 2022-12-03 09:18:19 UTC
(In reply to Paul from comment #3)

In fact, step 3 is irrelevant.
Comment 6 Alexander Kurakin 2024-05-16 17:34:11 UTC
Facing the same issue (bug #3307, comment 16).

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