[imp] Multiple IMAP servers

Robert Marchand robert.marchand@UMontreal.CA
Wed, 24 Jan 2001 11:49:22 -0500


Hi,

    we try not to add mods in production environnment.  It's not always 
possible but 2.3
should be a step in the right direction for us.  It is more customizable 
and you can change
the login page as you like.

Regards.

At 11:00 01-01-24 -0500, you wrote:
>At 10:25 AM 24/01/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>     well there are few peoples like me who need access to more than one=
 
>> account and
>>and the server list on the login page seems the right place to 
>>choose.  But the new
>>scheme could also be a good thing for us.  Mail accounts here  are 
>>separated in two groups: students and staff.  So basically, a person has=
 
>>only one account and with the new IMP, he would be happy because he would=
 
>>not have to select in the menu each time.
>>
>>You see, in order to have no favorite, we add a false entry in the server=
 
>>list (the one selected by default) that points nowhere.  If I understand=
 
>>correctly, it would be better with
>>the new IMP.  With the current one, there are a lot of login errors.
>>
>>As a suggestion, maybe there could be a 'no server selected' option in
>>which case IMP would go the users prefs and on the contrary would not 
>>override when the user selects one.
>>
>>Thanks.
>
>Robert,
>That is the same structure we use.    Two suggestions:
>
>If you just want it to use the 2.3 style preferences for the server, that=
 
>should be fine; I've not tried it, but at worst a hidden form entry with 
>the server value would be enough to avoid errors, and it would use what is=
 
>stored in the preferences anyways.
>
>We're going to change the server selection to being radio buttons with no=
 
>default selected, and a bit of javascript to make things work out.
>This is a local mod, as we only have two servers.
>
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