[imp] compose window resets with large attachments

Andrew Morgan morgan at orst.edu
Tue May 8 16:55:40 UTC 2007


On Tue, 8 May 2007, Chuck Hagenbuch wrote:

> Quoting Andrew Morgan <morgan at orst.edu>:
>
>> 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?
>
> It's not just you. If a file exceeds max_post_size, we get _no_ POST
> data at all. So in those cases this is not much we can do unfortunately.

That's what I figured.  :(

So...  what about my suggestion to have a size limit in IMP itself?  Then 
the POST would still work but IMP could discard the attachment after it 
checks the size.  I might be able to come up with a patch for this.

 	Andy


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