[dev] IMP Filters+LDAP

[Jon Parise]

On Sun, Mar 04, 2001 at 04:34:43PM +0100, Atif Ghaffar wrote:

> Thanks for addressing this issue.
> I thought horde developers had a filter set on my email address :)
> This is the only reply I have got to my inquiry (after almost a month).
> I wonder why.. anyway.

I can't speak for the rest of the developers, but I've been very busy
these last few weeks (I'm on my spring break now, though).
 
> For DB: I would suggest to create a separate table for imp_filters
> <thinking out loud>
> with fields 
> id, (auto running index)
> username,
> filter_id  (number that defines the rank of this filter within the
> filters)
> criteria (what to match )
> action (what to do)
> other fields if neccessary.
> </thinking out loud>

That's a good idea functionally, but I'd really prefer an abstracted
approach to storing preference data.  "Filters" shouldn't be special-
cased.

However, it might make more sense to use a separate storage container
for filters (that's IMP-specific).  That would give us more
flexibility at the expense of more installation steps.  

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Jon Parise (jon@csh.rit.edu)  .  Rochester Inst. of Technology
http://www.csh.rit.edu/~jon/  :  Computer Science House Member