[imp] directly to inbox after logging in

Sheeri Kritzer sheeri.kritzer@tufts.edu
Fri, 04 Oct 2002 14:04:29 -0400


I believe if you set your default path to <whatever>/horde/imp instead of <whatever>/horde, in the horde and imp config files, this problem will clear up.  We had the same issue.  (you may need to set it as the DocumentRoot in apache, too.)

-Sheeri Kritzer
Systems Administrator
University Systems Group
Tufts University
617-627-3925
sheeri.kritzer@tufts.edu


Quoting Thijs Koetsier <thijs.koetsier@exception.nl>:

> Quoting Jamyn:
> 
> > Perhaps you forgot to click the Horde Icon (the "home" icon) 
> > first, as 
> > suggested.  Your description sounds more like you were on 
> > "Mail" and then 
> > clicked "options", instead of choosing Horde first before choosing 
> > options.
> 
> Thanks again for your answer.
> 
> When I click the "Horde" Icon in the lower frame of the page, and I'm
> not logged in yet, it only returns the loginscreen.
> After logging in, clicking the Horde Icon always brings me to the Inbox.
> In the in-between-welcomescreen (which I want to avoid) it also does.
> Clicking options here only lets me specify the refresh-interval. In all
> other cases I get the options as mentioned before.
>  
> > I am using current CVS copies of Horde/IMP though, so perhaps 
> > your menus 
> > are different..
> 
> I'm using Horde 2.1 and IMP 3.1. Not using CVS.
> 
> > I was able to ssh into my machine for a few minutes, so if you look 
> > in /horde/config/prefs.php, (please note this is NOT 
> > /horde/prefs.php, it 
> > is /horde/config/prefs.php) - you should see a block like:
> > 
> > // what application should we go to after login? 
> > $_prefs['initial_application'] = array(
> >     'value' => 'imp',
> >     'locked' => false,
> >     'shared' => true,
> >     'type' => 'select',
> >     'desc' => _("What application should Horde display after 
> > login?"));
> 
> It wasn't in my /horde/config/prefs.php file. But after I put it there,
> a new option occured in my options, with which I could set this value.
> After setting it, it works for this one user; the Inbox opens directly
> after logging in.
>  
> > Note the: 'value' => 'imp',
> > 
> > .. which (if I am correct), should set that as default for 
> > any accounts 
> > created -after- you modify the default value.  Any existing accounts 
> > created before you changed this, will keep their old settings 
> > (unless you 
> > are not saving user preferences).
> 
> I've created a new user to test this, but this did not work at once. 
> The funny thing is, when logging in for the first time with a new user,
> the mapnavigator/welcomescreen opens again. 
> When going to the option to set this to Inbox, this options lists as
> default (perhaps this is what value => imp does). With one new user I
> submitted this and for this user it opened to Inbox after the next
> logins. 
> But, after creating another new user, it also opened the
> in-between-screen the first time logging in. I did not change any
> setting that session and when I logged in again with that user, it
> opened the Inbox directly.
> 
> So it seems that your answer is the solution for my problem, however not
> for the first login with a new user. I can live with that ;-)
> 
> Thank you very much!
> 
> Kind regards,
> Thijs
> 
> -- 
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> 
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