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Otto Stolz wrote:
> Harakiri schrieb:
>> Why dont you create a custom login page,
> 
> This could be the right approach, but how does it work?
> 
> I need the Imp login, as the user must be able to
> choose amongst several IMAP servers, and the login
> should imply the pertinent IMAP login.
> 
> Now, all documentation I could find about alternate
> login to Imp was just:
> 
> - in http://lists.horde.org/archives/announce/2006/000261.html:

cd /path/to/horde/imp/
find ./ -name custom_login.php

See this file for a start.. the list archives also has some more on 
custom_login.php

- dhawal

>> * Administrator changes:
>>   - Support for alternate login screens and redirection on logout.
> 
> - in imp/config/conf.xml:
>> If this is not false, it is assumed to be the URL
>> of an alternate login screen which will be used
>> in place of IMP's default one. This setting will
>> be ignored if an alternate login screen is con-
>> figured for horde.  
> 
> I. e. no specification whatsoever (not even a hint)
> for that alternate login page.
> 
> So, the question ist: What should that alternate
> login page achieve, which PHP variables should it
> set, how will it interact with Imp?
> 
> I have tried to figure this out from imp/login.php,
> but did not succeed. Apparently, it redirects the
> browser to the alternate login page, then exits,
> prematurely. Does this mean that I will have to
> copy all the code from imp/login.php (except, of
> course, that redirection and the templates/login
> line) into my alternate login page -- without
> really understanding it?
> 
> And does that mean that I will have to repeat this
> code analysis, and copying, for every new Imp release?
> 
> The rationale for having all those elaborate con-
> figuration options is to avoid re-doing the analysis
> and modification of the application code proper.
> This will only work when there is a reliable
> specification for the possible configuration settings.
> So, where can I find the specification for the
> alternate Imp login page?
> 
> Thanks, in advance, for any hint.
> 
> Best wishes,
>   Otto Stolz
> 
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