[Tickets #56] Re: IMP maintenance should apply to a configurable folder set.

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/?id=56
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 Ticket             | 56
 Updated By         | Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>
 Summary            | IMP maintenance should apply to a configurable folder set.
 Queue              | IMP
 Version            | HEAD
 Type               | Enhancement
 State              | Stalled
 Priority           | 1. Low
 Milestone          | Horde 4.0
 Patch              | 
 Owners             | 
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Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org> (2008-01-09 14:53) wrote:

> As a user, I had previously set purge_folders to 0.  Then, as an 
> administrator, I set it to 1 and locked it (always run purge folders) 
> in the prefs.php file.  For some reason, the prefs function returns 
> my user-set value, but also that the preference is locked.

That's the expected behavior.

> So, my question is:  Is it the responsibility of the administrator to 
> clear out these preference values from the preference storage 
> backend, then lock, or is there a reason why the user preference 
> value overrides the one set and locked by the administrator in the 
> prefs.php file ?

Yes and yes. The reason is that you might want to set different values for
different users but still keep them from changing it.

> Is it the programmer's responsibility to wipe out 
> old values after the preference is locked, or is this not advisable ?

Correct.