Reply to "X-Original-Sender" or "From" instead of "Sender", when Reply is chosen (example of googlegroupcommunication)
- /e/ version: 0.10-2020080766702
- Device model: LG-H850
- When it started to occur:
- Reproducible with the last /e/ version: yes
- Reproducible with LineageOS:
Summary
-
The device is unusable -
The bug is a small waste of time -
The bug concerns a third party app -
The bug concerns security -
The bug concerns privacy
The problem
Steps to reproduce
- Receive an email from a group list, Google Groups had been tested.
-
Show Headers
and check forSender
,From
andX-Original-Sender
- Select
Reply
and observe
What is the current behavior?
Reply
sets the Sender
(grouplist) email address into the To field.
What is the expected correct behavior?
-
Reply
shall set theX-Original-Sender
into the To field, or -
Reply to List
andReply to Sender only
shall be available in the menu.
In favor of X-Original-Sender
speaks that the received emails displayes Sender Named John via WhatEverList@googlegroups.com
Technical informations
It all seems to be the /e/ Mail app issue, rather than the Google Group mailer issue. RainLoop and Gmail do not display this issue. Thunderbird allows "Reply to Sender only" (here Sender must be X-Original-Sender
) and "Reply to list".
Relevant logs (adb logcat
)
Relevant screenshots
Solutions
Workaround
Replay all
and delete none relevant email addresses
Possible fixes