[imp] compose window resets with large attachments

[Andrew Morgan]

On Mon, 7 May 2007, Jan Schneider wrote:

> Zitat von Andrew Morgan <morgan at orst.edu>:
>
>> On Fri, 4 May 2007, Jan Schneider wrote:
>> 
>>> Zitat von Andrew Morgan <morgan at orst.edu>:
>>> 
>>>> One of my users found a small bug in IMP.  If you try to upload an
>>>> attachment larger than upload_max_filesize, the attachment fails (good)
>>>> but the compose window resets (bad).  Any information you have typed into
>>>> the compose window, such as To: addresses, the Subject, or body text, 
>>>> will
>>>> be lost.
>>>> 
>>>> I'm running Horde v3.1.4 and IMP 4.1.4.  upload_max_filesize is set to
>>>> 10MB and post_max_size is also set to 10MB.  In imp/config/conf.php I
>>>> have:
>>>> 
>>>> $conf['compose']['attach_size_limit'] = '104857600';
>>>> 
>>>> (100MB total for all attachments).
>>>> 
>>>> I'm guessing that PHP isn't passing the form variables to the script when
>>>> the POST size is exceeded.  If this is the case, would it be possible to
>>>> put a size limit into IMP instead?  Then I could increase the php.ini
>>>> limits to 15MB, but let IMP enforce the 10MB per attachment limit.
>>> 
>>> Such a limit exists already.
>> 
>> Cool, is that feature in CVS?  I can't find it in IMP 4.1.4.  I see these 2 
>> settings in IMP's setup:
>> 
>> 
>> - What is the maximum total size of attachments per message (in bytes)? Set 
>> this value to 0 for no limit. [Note, the maximum allowable size of any 
>> individual attachment is set via the PHP 'upload_max_filesize' parameter - 
>> see imp/docs/INSTALL]
>> 
>> 
>> - What is the maximum total number of attachments per message? Set this 
>> value to 0 for no limit.
>> 
>> 
>> But that text indicates the per-attachment limit is set by the PHP 
>> 'upload_max_filesize' parameter.
>
> Yes, that's right, even for CVS. I guess we had a misunderstanding here.

So...  Back to my original question.  Is there a way to prevent the 
compose form from being "reset" when a too-large attachment is uploaded? 
Can anyone else reproduce this behavior or is it just me?

Thanks,
 	Andy