[Tickets #11044] Re: Message Preview Not Working in Traditional View

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/11044
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  Ticket             | 11044
  Updated By         | Michael Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>
  Summary            | Message Preview Not Working in Traditional View
  Queue              | IMP
  Version            | 5.0.19
  Type               | Bug
  State              | Duplicate
  Priority           | 1. Low
  Milestone          |
  Patch              |
  Owners             |
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Michael Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org> (2012-02-29 23:50) wrote:

> Did I miss something?  I read a lot before testing the migration and  
> never saw anything about this.

What's there to report?  When jumping a major version, it is the  
admin's responsibility to scan all config files to be aware of what  
has changed.  We can't possibly describe all the minutiae/changes in  
every config file.

> Also, when enabled, the control of this feature has been moved to   
> Other->Traditional View as opposed to Message Options->Mail Previews.

Sure, because this is exactly the kind of stuff that can be moved  
around at any time.  Preferences are not locked into any specific group.

> Perhaps the preference entry can be always present but greyed out or  
> otherwise disabled with some note about what must be done to enable it

No.  Please see the comment in the preferences file.  Previews in  
dynamic view are a performance killer (EVERY message on the page has  
to be parsed, whether it is read or not).  It is up to the admin of  
the server to determine if they want to make this option available to  
users.

Previews will probably go away in traditional view in the near future  
(most likely for IMP 6).  If you want previews you should be using the  
dynamic view.