Re: [SM-USERS] Delayed attachment upload

[Paul L. <pa...@sq...>]

> Is there any way to delay the uploading of attachment files until the
> user hits "send?"  We have an environment with multiple SquirrelMail
> servers (RHEL 5, SquirrelMail 1.4.17) and we are trying to limit the
> number of external services, like NFS, that we depend on for
> SquirrelMail to be fully functional.
>
> We use LDAP for to store preferences and address books and a PostgreSQL
> database for session data.  But we still have to use a shared filesystem
> for attachments, since the attachment request could have been handled by
> one server and the send request by another.
>
> I've heard that old versions of SquirrelMail didn't upload the
> attachments until the message was sent, which sounds interesting.  Was
> that the case

Not that I know of, unless that goes back to v1.0.x.

>, and is there any way to use that method with the current
> version?  Plugins or code changes are acceptable.

I don't think it would be possible as a plugin; you'd have to mangle
the code yourself.  Be sure to share with the community if you decide
to go that route, thanks!

> The sessions are encrypted, which complicates using a front-end load
> balancer to "stick" a session to a specific server for its duration.
>
> Are there other, better methods for supporting multiple SquirrelMail
> servers without a shared filesystem?