[Tickets #13051] Re: Emoticon images as mime parts instead of links

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/13051
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  Ticket             | 13051
  Updated By         | aria at bsc.gwu.edu
  Summary            | Emoticon images as mime parts instead of links
  Queue              | IMP
  Version            | Git master
  Type               | Enhancement
  State              | Accepted
  Priority           | 1. Low
  Milestone          |
  Patch              |
  Owners             | Michael Slusarz
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aria at bsc.gwu.edu (2014-03-18 21:46) wrote:


> And i think the whole "message should be viewable 10 years from now"  
> isn't really that important.

Maybe not important to some but in the business world, government,  
research, law offices, etc., they are.  They keep these messages  
forever and the messages must remain as they were when received for  
reference, etc..

>
>> Having external links just makes
>> that nearly impossible.  This is why you provide the option to imbed
>> images as attachments!
>
> Do note that this ability has been removed from IMP 6.2.  The  
> reasoning is that, now we have a way to explicitly indicate we want  
> to add images to a message (drag/drop; adding via image menu()), any  
> explicit http links in the message are there for a reason.  So  
> images explicitly linked by an HTTP request will remain that way and  
> will not be converted.

That's too bad!

Anyway, I think this is a lost cause and we should close this ticket  
really.  I can't see a good solution.  Thanks for your suggestions  
though.