[dev] Forward message with separate attachments

[Michael M Slusarz]

Quoting Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:

> Quoting goncalo.queiros at portugalmail.net:
>
>> Hi there list.
>>
>> The current behaviour when you forward a message with attachments is a bit
>> strange, since you can't choose which attachments you really want to send

[Looks like I hit the issue with early termination of a sent mail  
message :(  Here's my full response:]

This was incorrect behavior.  The idea of forwarding a mail message is  
to forward the ENTIRE message - meaning, you are redirecting the  
entire contents of the original message to another person. (The  
difference between redirect and forward is that with redirect you, as  
the redirector, are transparent - the message looks like it came from  
the original sender.  Forwarding allows you to add notes/additional  
data )

What you are asking for (and what Horde used to do) is instead a form  
of attachment file selection - in this case, using files stored in a  
remote e-mail message vs. the normal method of attaching files stored  
on the users' computer.  But at an abstract level, this isn't  
"forwarding" the message at all.  So it is just plain wrong behavior  
to have this behavior as a forward option.

michael

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Michael Slusarz [slusarz at horde.org]