From: Steve F. <st...@sn...> - 2001-09-25 17:16:00
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I have seen this subject appear several times without ever having a response. To roll out squirrelmail, I will need it to support the functionality to save an email in a drafts folder at compose time, and then call it back directly into the compose window. Has anybody done this already? Is anybody working on one at the moment, or will I have to write my own plugin? Any suggestions on where to start with this, because it seems that it will need to integrate quite carefully with several different parts of squirrelmail? Please reply to the list, as I could previously find no replies to this subject in the archives, only initial postings. Steve |
From: Peter H. <pet...@hu...> - 2001-09-25 18:09:50
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Steve Falla said: > I have seen this subject appear several times without > ever having a response. > > To roll out squirrelmail, I will need it to support the > functionality to save an email in a drafts folder at > compose time, and then call it back directly into the > compose window. > > Has anybody done this already? Is anybody working on > one at the moment, or will I have to write my own > plugin? > > Any suggestions on where to start with this, because it > seems that it will need to integrate quite carefully with > several different parts of squirrelmail? > > Please reply to the list, as I could previously find no > replies to this subject in the archives, only initial > postings. It has been discussed a few times. The list archives stink. Anyway, there are two approaches. Save to a file (in the data dir) or "magic" IMAP folder. AFAIK no one has taken the plunge. -Peter |
From: Ray B. I. <rb...@cl...> - 2001-09-25 20:24:42
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> It has been discussed a few times. The list archives stink. > > Anyway, there are two approaches. Save to a file (in the data dir) or "magic" > IMAP folder. > > AFAIK no one has taken the plunge. I've looked into it a few times, specifically at extending the QuickSave plugin to store the messages client-side (cookies). Clearly, this isn't the solution for all folks, but having not actually gotten around to finishing the work, the point is moot. The server-side storage becomes a problem in my mind only when it comes to attachments. Clearly, the process should go roughly like so: - Submit 'compose' form with a 'Save' submit button - Check to see if a Drafts folder exists & is subscribed to - Create/subscribe as necessary - Save the message to the folder - Redirect to the folder page w/ 'Draft saved' message The 'save the message' part is the only spot where it gets hairy ;) It's not so big a deal to get everything formatted correctly, but it is a bit of a pill. The good part is that you really should be able to use all pre-existing hooks, so it should be backwards-compatible. -r3- |