[imp] Thinking about automatically attaching a file on compose

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von Lukas Gradl <horde at ssn.at>:

> Hi!
>
> I'm still thinking about a possibility to automaticall attaching a  
> file in compose-window, as this is a big showstopper for replacing  
> desktop-clients by horde/imp.
>
> Main reason why I would like to have that funcionality is, that  
> another software running here tries to send printouts as PDF-files  
> via Mail. So far they just call the MUA via MAPI (Windows) or  
> mailto: (Linux) and the corresponding attachment= parameters.
>
> Unfortunatly I don't have the php-knowledge to find really search  
> for a good (and secure) solution to that problem.
>
> So I'm a little bit guessing around. Perhaps one of the developers  
> can take a look at my ideas and at least tell if it's worth thinking  
> about?
>
>
> So this is what I'm thinking about right now:
> To develop a small desktop helper app (something I am able of and I  
> am willing to do and contribute) that takes over the MAPI-call  
> (Windows) and the mailto: Link (Linux), stores the file via some  
> secure way on the horde server (perhaps on some storage horde can  
> reach via a vfs backend?) and then calls imp via it's compose-link  
> passing a reference to the file on horde vfs.
>
> So the concrete question is: Is there a possibility or could that  
> possibility be added to pass a file reference to a file already on  
> the server to the imp compose window? Perhaps as part of the mailto  
> link?

This already existed in the past. It was possible to attach file from  
Gollem, though only manually, not by link. Of course there are some  
security implications to do this automatically, I don't think we  
should allow that without explicit confirmation by the user.
-- 
Jan Schneider
The Horde Project
http://www.horde.org/