[imp] external link to mailbox is shortened (imp 6.0.2) [SOLVED]

[Adam Tauno Williams]

On Mon, 2013-04-08 at 10:13 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-01-10 at 15:43 +0100, Jens Pranaitis wrote:
> > On 01/08/2013 01:51 PM, Jens Pranaitis wrote:
> > > On 01/08/2013 01:38 PM, Jan Schneider wrote:
> > >> Zitat von Jens Pranaitis <pranaitis at phil.hhu.de>:
> > >>> Hello list,
> > >>> I'm having some trouble linking to a specific mailbox, with imp 6 (it
> > >>> worked with version 5 and below). We have a link in our help documents
> > >>> which the user can click to open the Spam folder. The link looks like
> > >>> https://webmail.phil.hhu.de/horde/imp/dynamic.php?page=mailbox#mbox:SU5CT1guU3BhbXZlcmRhY2h0
> > >>> "SU5CT1guU3BhbXZlcmRhY2h0" is the name of the maildir ("Spamverdacht")
> > >>> and when I switch to the folder in Horde the url is the same. However
> > >>> when I follow the external link and login to horde the URL is
> > >>> shortened to
> > >>> https://webmail.phil.hhu.de/horde/imp/dynamic.php?page=mailbox#mbox:SU5CT1g
> > >>> This only occurs when I'm not logged in to Horde already, so I assume
> > >>> it has something to do with the redirect done by the login page.
> > >>> Is this expected behaviour? Is there a way to make external links work
> > >>> like they did with imp < 6?
> > >> The URL you end up with is the INBOX. You even get that if you go to
> > >> /horde/imp/ only. My guess is that the anchor part of the URL either
> > >> gets lost completely at some place, or the anchor detection in IMP
> > >> doesn't work properly. Check if the correct URL is loaded at all after
> > >> logging in.
> > > After logging in the URL is /horde/imp/dynamic.php?page=mailbox which
> > > then goes to the INBOX.
> > So should I open a ticket regarding this issue?
> Was a ticket opened on this issue?  
> I am also trying to construct a link to a specific folder, but I just
> end up with a blank folder-view or no-change.
> I'm on Horde 5.0.4 / IMP 6.0.4

Nevermind, our web developer just figured out a working solution.

http://horde.example.com/imp/?page=mailbox#mbox:U2hhcmVkIEZvb

where "U2hhcmVkIEZvb" is the base64 encoded mailbox name.  Be careful to
avoid any trailing whitespace (including newlines) when encoding the
mailbox name.


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Adam Tauno Williams  GPG D95ED383
Systems Administrator, Python Developer, LPI / NCLA