[Tickets #13346] Re: Activesync identities should use the default identity as a default in the Webmail edition

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/13346
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  Ticket             | 13346
  Updated By         | software-horde at interfasys.ch
  Summary            | Activesync identities should use the default identity
                     | as a default in the Webmail edition
  Queue              | Horde Framework Packages
  Version            | Git master
  Type               | Enhancement
  State              | Rejected
  Priority           | 1. Low
  Milestone          |
  Patch              |
  Owners             | Michael Rubinsky
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software-horde at interfasys.ch (2014-07-10 20:26) wrote:

> Any suggestions on better wording would be considered.
Why not call it "Always use your default identity" then?

>
>> Why not just automagically select the default from the list and
>> perhaps add a (default) next to it?
>> Something like this:
>> *Default Identity (default)*
>> Anonymous
>> Mobile
>
> Because selecting the "Horde Default" means that whenever you change  
> the default identity in the Personal Information preferences, this  
> newly selected default identity would then be honored in those other  
> applications as well. If we just set that value to whatever the  
> currently selected default is, then the user would have to revisit  
> all the other applications and change the value in those as well.
>
Ah, of course.

> This was already discussed on the mailing list. A properly  
> configured identity is a REQUIREMENT for using email in Horde,  
> period. IMP doesn't work without one either. If you don't want the  
> user to be responsible for setting this up on their own then use a  
> hook to populate it. IIRC, the pref_init hook can be used for  
> something like this.
>
In 5.1, it was possible to send emails both from IMP and mobile  
without having to fill in any of the fields of the default identity.

I've looked at hooks prefs_init does not have access to application  
data and is cached for the session only, but I'll try with  
appauthenticated.