Feature #9159

Test that the persistence bug of Claws is documented correctly

Added by sajolida 2015-04-06 11:34:31 . Updated 2015-05-12 13:50:49 .

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
sajolida
Category:
Persistence
Target version:
Tails_1.4
Start date:
2015-04-06
Due date:
% Done:

0%

Feature Branch:
Type of work:
Test
Blueprint:

Starter:
1
Affected tool:
Email Client
Deliverable for:

Description

People have been complaining about persistence bugs while setting up Claws Mail. This lead me to believe that the persistence bug documented in https://tails.boum.org/doc/anonymous_internet/claws_mail/persistence.bug/ might not be accurate.

It would be good to try to setup a Claws Mail accounting with persistence from scratch. Core Tails people have access to testing credentials in our internal Git repo that would be perfect for that.

Subtasks

Related issues

Related to Tails - Feature #7694: Document email client Resolved 2014-07-31
Related to Tails - Feature #6263: Make it easy to make a POP3 account persistent when creating it outside the Claws wizard Rejected 2013-09-08
Related to Tails - Feature #9303: Consider proposing POP instead of IMAP by default Resolved 2015-04-30
Related to Tails - Bug #9161: Write a security advisory about Claws leaking cleartext to IMAP server Resolved 2015-04-06

History

#1 Updated by sajolida 2015-04-06 11:34:48

#2 Updated by sajolida 2015-04-30 07:09:48

  • related to Feature #6263: Make it easy to make a POP3 account persistent when creating it outside the Claws wizard added

#3 Updated by sajolida 2015-05-03 04:48:03

  • Assignee set to sajolida
  • Target version set to Tails_1.4

The description of the bug is accurate but the way it is presented is not very clear. We should instead explain “how to configure POP account for persistence” (if going through the assistant then it’s already handled correctly):

  • Create a local mailbox stored in persistence: File → Add mailbox → MH… and specify .claws-mail/Mail. The mailbox appears in the left pane: Mail (MH)
  • Configure the new POP account from Configuration → Create new account…
  • Default validating the configuration, make sure that the local mailbox is configured in Account → Receive → Default Inbox.
  • Also have a look at “Remove messages on server when received” (but that’s unrelated to this issue).

Marking this as for 1.4 as it will part of the workaround for Bug #9161.

#4 Updated by sajolida 2015-05-03 05:38:18

  • related to Feature #9303: Consider proposing POP instead of IMAP by default added

#5 Updated by sajolida 2015-05-03 06:03:55

  • related to Bug #9161: Write a security advisory about Claws leaking cleartext to IMAP server added

#6 Updated by sajolida 2015-05-12 13:50:49

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Resolved

Tests were down. Now we should move on to document this better. That Feature #9383.