[horde] Signature

[Michael M Slusarz]

Quoting Brent <impuser at bitrealm.com>:

> Quoting Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:
>
>> Quoting Andreas Mauser <andreas at mauser.info>:
>>
>>> But would it be a major redesign or H5? There is already a  
>>> dropdown menu 'More functions (Weitere Funktionen)' which only has  
>>> one option at this time. This would be a good place where Horde  
>>> could place the signatures dropdown.
>>
>> Signature switching code was a mess to maintain (especially  
>> cross-browser and w/the HTML editor), was unreliable, and could  
>> easily be confused causing badly formatted emails to be sent out  
>> (adding a character within the signature block could potentially  
>> cause issues when switching to a new signature).  It only makes  
>> sense to maintain the code if the benefit outweighs the  
>> hassle/problems coming from the code itself.  In this case, this  
>> isn't even a remotely close call.
>>
>> As previously mentioned, there are viable (more correct) methods if  
>> you want to either edit your signature or switch your signatures.   
>> Feel free to argue all you want (discussion is good), but  
>> understand this is never coming back into IMP.
>>
>> michael
>
> Any particular reason that the signature you designate for the identity
> can't simply be SHOWN in the compose window?  For 90%+ of the time, you'd
> leave it in place, but sometimes you might not WANT to have it there.

That's exactly the problem.  You can't put a signature into the  
compose window because what happens when you switch identities?

michael

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Michael Slusarz [slusarz at horde.org]