[imp] Images in message

[Michael M Slusarz]

Quoting azurIt <azurit at pobox.sk>:

> Hi,
>
> is it, somehow, possible to directly include images in HTML message?  
> For example in HTML signature. I'm not talking about links to  
> external server but about including entire image in message (it can  
> be, for example, attached but directly displayed in message). Thnks.

NO.  Images (and any other data) MUST be attached to a message like  
any other attachment.  Pasting & drag/drop to the HTML message window  
are terrible ideas because:

1. They can cause the window to crash with large attachments
2. It does not work cross-browser
3. It allows EVERY single one of the attachment limiting prefs/config  
options to be ignored (loophole).

The proper way of implementing this is to create a ckeditor plugin  
that uploads the data to the server as an attachment if it detects a  
paste, drag/drop, or the user manually inserts an image via the image  
plugin.  This plugin does not exist (cksource sells a non-open source  
solution - ckfinder - that may allow you to do this, but there is no  
open source equivalent).

michael

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Michael Slusarz [slusarz at horde.org]