[horde] imp signature doesn't work

[Jens Hellermann]

Am 16.07.2015 um 13:02 schrieb Arjen de Korte:
> Citeren Jens Hellermann <hellermann at we-do.com>:
>
>> Am 16.07.2015 um 11:55 schrieb Jens Wahnes:
>>> On Do, Jul 16 2015, at 11:41:47 +0200, Jens Hellermann wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm busy testing all horde webmail functionalities before going
>>>> productive with this system. I installed the newest version 5.2.7 of
>>>> Horde Webmail edition. Now I'm facing the problem that a signature 
>>>> which
>>>> I add under Preferences\Webmail doesn't show up, when I compose a
>>>> message.
>>> There is a setting to control if the signature should be displayed
>>> during message composition (signature_show_compose). So there will be a
>>> small triangle to show/hide the signature portion at the bottom of the
>>> message composition window.
>>>
>>>> I searched the horde database in mysql for my signature text, but
>>>> couldn't find it. Might it be stored in the Imap folder instead? The
>>>> setting for the signature itself is always retrieved when I log on 
>>>> with
>>>> different user names, so it seems it is stored somewhere.
>>> No, the signature is part of the identities setting in the database
>>> (horde_prefs table). As this is stored as blob in the database
>>> (serialized PHP object) it might be a bit hard to find on the database
>>> level.
>>>
>>>
>>> Jens
>>>
>> Hello Jens Wahnes (I mention the surname so this is not becoming to 
>> confusing for a possible reader)
>>
>> Thank you that worked for me. But I have one more question:
>>
>> It says in the prefs.php: DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE! DO NOT COPY 
>> prefs.php TO prefs.local.php!
>>  * Local overrides ONLY MUST be placed in prefs.local.php or prefs.d/.
>>
>> So as I don't have vhost configuration set up yet, I created the new 
>> file prefs.local.php and _only_ put these lines in:
>>
>>> // Show signature on compose screen?
>>> $_prefs['signature_show_compose'] = array(
>>>    'value' => 1,
>>>    'type' => 'checkbox',
>>>    'desc' => _("Show the signature on the compose screen?")
>>
>> Didn't work. Changing the prefs.php directly works fine. Am I taking 
>> the wrong aproach here?
>
> Absolutely. The horde/imp/config/prefs.php file may/will be 
> overwritten with updates, discarding any local settings. The correct 
> way would be to put the following in horde/imp/config/prefs.local.php:
>
>    <?php
>    $_prefs['signature_show_compose']['value'] = 1;
>
> An example can be found in the first 25 lines in the 
> horde/config/prefs.php file. Please note that the overrides you place 
> in this file will only be used when logging in for the first time for 
> a user. For existing users to use this default setting, you'll need to 
> remove the 'signature_show_compose' preference from the preferences 
> stored in the database.
>
Yeah, also I could have guessed th <?php couldn't I !? Thank you very 
much Jens, that one does the trick.

Kind regards, Jens.