Re: [SM-PLUGINS] Delete Purge All Buttons Plugin

[Naveen G. <ng...@jl...>]

Paul,

Sorry my explanation of the plugin might have been poor. This is not for 
adding "purge" links to left_main.php but rather adding buttons inside 
each of the folder.
It hooks into mailbox_display and displays the button next to the move, 
forward buttons. This button is either a purge or delete all depending 
on the options you choose.

I agree that maybe this might have been better as an addition to the 
Empty Folders plugin instead, however we did not initially come across 
that plugin.
Maybe I can rework this as an addition to Empty folders if it's better 
seen fit.

I apologize for any inconvenience, please send your feedback.

- Naveen

From: Paul Lesniewski <paul <at> squirrelmail.org>
Subject: Re: Delete Purge All Buttons Plugin 
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Newsgroups: gmane.mail.squirrelmail.plugins 
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Date: 2008-06-27 21:08:27 GMT (17 minutes ago)

> We have received many requests from our users for the ability to delete all
> messages in their folders similar to the purge button for Trash in
> left_main.php. Currently it takes multiple clicks to do this (show all
> messages then toggle all and then delete). We have developed a plugin to add
> Delete all messages and Purge all messages buttons to specified folders.

I am baffled why you didn't look for such a plugin **before** you went
about investing the time and effort to .... sadly.... reinvent the
wheel.  You also could have asked here and would have been pointed to
the Empty Folders plugin (which may need some updating, but that's
beside the point).

> Deleting all messages will send all messages from the folder to Trash.
> Purging would be the equivalent of expunging the messages. These buttons are
> similar to those that appear on gmail and yahoo's mail services. We have
> also included javascript and DHTML tooltips for alerts.

Sounds like you added buttons somewhere in the interface instead of
adding a link similar to the "purge" one next to folder names in the
folder pane(?).  I'll try to have a look as time allows (next week?),
but the upshot is, although we REALLY REALLY APPRECIATE your effort
and the willingness to share, you should have done your homework first
-- this kind of functionality belongs as an update to (if it's not
already just a duplicate of) the Empty Folders plugin.  Perhaps we can
look into that.

> The plugin is attached or available below:
>
> http://jla.rutgers.edu/~ngavini/delete_purge_all_buttons-1.0-1.4.tar.gz <http://jla.rutgers.edu/%7Engavini/delete_purge_all_buttons-1.0-1.4.tar.gz>
>
> Please let us know of any bugs you may find testing it and any feedback you
> may have.
>
> Thanks!

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