Error messages aren't clear (to everyone)

[thefinn93]

From #projectmeshnet:

any idea why i get the error "Error: fromInvalid" trying to send a message on projectmeshnet.org map?

The various other error messages aren't terribly descriptive. The email not sending error like we've had it several times due to various issues with postfix also doesnt say much. It should tell the user what's wrong, and/or possibly what to do about it.

[alexander-bauer]

Pretty much, this boils down to our needing a more descriptive set of
error messages to be looked up in the JavaScript. The backend does
output relatively nonfriendly error messages, but they're accurate for
debugging.

If we put together such a list, then the friendly error message could
be displayed prominently, with the technical one below.

On Sun, Sep 01, 2013 at 12:18:41AM -0700, Finn wrote:

From #projectmeshnet:

any idea why i get the error "Error: fromInvalid" trying to send a message on projectmeshnet.org map?

The various other error messages aren't terribly descriptive. The email not sending error like we've had it several times due to various issues with postfix also doesnt say much. It should tell the user what's wrong, and/or possibly what to do about it.

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[lukevers]

I'm setting this as high priority and front-end in labels on here. This is really something that needs to be fixed as soon as possible because multiple people have had errors like these.