[dev] Show attachment icon on messages without attachments

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:

> Quoting Gonçalo Queirós <mail at goncaloqueiros.net>:
>
>> Hi there list.
>> Since Horde now can render HTML inline, i saw a strange behavior on IMP.
>> If the html is being rendered inline, when the user opens an email, he
>> will not see the html parts on the attachment "zone". So if the email
>> only contains html parts, there will be no attachment to download. The
>> strange behavior is when you view the message on the Inbox list (e.g.)
>> it will have the attachment icon.
>> Shouldn't messages that contain only parts that can be rendered inline
>> not have the attachment icon?
>
> This is by design.  The attachment icon is meant to be displayed  
> using as little system resources as possible.
>
> It is a terrible idea to parse the contents of every message to  
> determine whether it contains attachments.  In many cases, this can  
> only be determined via a detailed analysis of the structure and/or  
> downloading contents of a message part from the server.
>
> The attachment icon is meant to be a compromise.  It is not meant to  
> describe whether attachments, in the sense that a file can  
> potentially be downloaded from the message, are present.  It instead  
> describes whether attachments exist from a MIME point of view -  
> namely, any message containing more than one part (i.e. a multipart  
> message) contains attachments.
>
> I have struggled off and on for awhile with myself whether to remove  
> this flag entirely.  After thinking about it a bit more, I am  
> seriously considering removing it.

How about another compromise and showing it only for multipart  
messages that are not multipart/alternative in the base mime part?

Jan.

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