[SM-PLUGINS] "Yellow Sticker" Plugin -- any demand?

[Juergen N. <jue...@fu...>]

Today I implemented a "yellow sticker" functionality for SquirrelMail in
a plugin -- show some eye-catching text as a "yellow sticker" above the
folder list *if* a certain file is present, using the text (HTML,
actually) from that file.

We have been using functionality like this for a while, mainly to notify
our users of planned service outages and the like. The main idea is to
make it easy to use by just putting a file with a text somewhere, and
the contents is displayed; remove the file and the yellow sticker is
gone. Automation via at(1) can make it appear and disappear without
human intervention, if necessary.

I had implemented a previous version by hacking the code directly into
the SquirrelMail proper, but in between I have learned more about
plugins and what you can do with them, so I put that code into a plugin
I have written for some local things.

Now I wonder -- do other people feel the need for such a functionality?
I could extract the "yellow sticker" code to a separate, independent
plugin, which then could be distributed or even put on the SquirrelMail
website, if there is sufficient demand. If not, I wouldn't bother.

See the attached screenshot for an example how this could look.

Regards, Juergen.

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