[imp] How to set 'Sent Items' to be the default Sent Mail Special Folder
L. D. James
ljames at apollo3.com
Mon Aug 18 17:52:30 UTC 2014
On 08/18/2014 12:54 PM, Mauricio Jose T. Tecles wrote:
>
> ----- Mensagem de "L. D. James" <ljames at apollo3.com> ---------
> Data: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:48:44 -0400
> De: "L. D. James" <ljames at apollo3.com>
> Assunto: Re: [imp] How to set 'Sent Items' to be the default Sent Mail
> Special Folder
> Para: imp at lists.horde.org
>
>
>> On 08/18/2014 11:39 AM, Jan Schneider wrote:
>>>
>>> Zitat von L. D. James <ljames at apollo3.com>:
>>>
>>>> On 08/18/2014 11:20 AM, Jan Schneider wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Zitat von L. D. James <ljames at apollo3.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Can someone help me with how to set "Sent Items" to be the
>>>>>> special folder where copies of sent mail will be saved?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Looking at the prefs.php it appears that it would be a matter of
>>>>>> editing the backends.php which I initial did. This didn't change it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Edited backends.php:
>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>> 'special_mboxes' => array(
>>>>>> IMP_Mailbox::MBOX_DRAFTS => 'Drafts',
>>>>>> IMP_Mailbox::MBOX_SENT => 'Sent Items',
>>>>>> IMP_Mailbox::MBOX_SPAM => 'Spam',
>>>>>> IMP_Mailbox::MBOX_TEMPLATES => 'Templates',
>>>>>> IMP_Mailbox::MBOX_TRASH => 'Trash',
>>>>>> IMP_Mailbox::MBOX_USERSPECIAL => array(
>>>>>> 'Example' => _("Example Special Mailbox")
>>>>>> )
>>>>>> ),
>>>>>> 'autocreate_special' => true,
>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When that didn't work I modified the pref.php to:
>>>>>
>>>>> Don't edit prefs.php. Read the comments.
>>>>>
>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>> // sent mail mailbox
>>>>>> $_prefs['sent_mail_folder'] = array(
>>>>>> // NOTE: Localization of this name for display purposes is done
>>>>>> // automatically. To change the default value based on the
>>>>>> backend, see
>>>>>> // the 'special_mboxes' option in config/backends.php.
>>>>>> 'value' => 'Sent Items'
>>>>>> );
>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The sent mail is still saved to "sent" instead of "Sent Items".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks in advance for any input.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- L. James
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> L. D. james
>>>>>> ljames at apollo3.com
>>>>>> www.apollo3.com/~ljames
>>>>>
>>>>> Changing identity preferences (like sent_mail_folder) only works
>>>>> if user don't have identities created yet, or create a new identity.
>>>>>
>>>> Thanks, Jan. I read the comments and spent a couple of days trying
>>>> to do it without editing the conf.php file. I edited the conf.php
>>>> file as last result to see if it made any difference.
>>>>
>>>> As I mentioned, I kept the backup and will restore the conf.php
>>>> file to it's default.
>>>>
>>>> I would appreciate it if you can tell me how to remove the user's
>>>> identities so that the defaults will be the say I have it set in
>>>> the backends.php configuration... if that is right.
>>>>
>>>> I really appreciate your input.
>>>>
>>>> -- L. James
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> L. D. James
>>>> ljames at apollo3.com
>>>> www.apollo3.com/~ljames
>>>
>>> This hasn't anything to do with either conf.php or backends.php.
>>> Read more carefully. You have to change prefs.local.php.
>>> And to reset identities, you have to drop the rows from the
>>> horde_prefs table (if you are using SQL prefs) with the "identity"
>>> value in pref_name.
>>>
>> Thanks for your input. I have been reading as much as I can for
>> weeks. I'm sure you'd be surprised at how much I've been reading.
>> I've also been rereading everything. I eventually got it working.
>> But I'm having gaps in some of the components and really appreciate
>> this resource to help with some of the gaps.
>>
>> I'll certainly give back to the community with all what I'm learning.
>>
>> I had already dropped the prefs file which didn't do anything. I
>
> It does!
>
>> recall having seen a reference to a local php file, but had problems
>> finding it and finding where I saw the reference. I had searched the
>> whole file system trying to find "local.php" files associated with
>> horde.
>
> You didn't find them because you didn't create them. Those files must
> be created form the origonal ones. For example:
>
> Copy the original backends.php to backends.local.php and edit
> backends.local.php.
> Copy the original prefs.php to prefs.local.php and edit
> prefs.local.php. And so on.
>
> The problem of editing original *.php files is that they may be
> overwritten on upgrade and you may loose your modifications.
> Don't forget to set permission to those files.
>
> You can find this information on INSTALL documentation and at the
> begining of those php files.
>
> Mauricio
>
>>
>> But thanks to your input, it appears I'll probably have to create one
>> and start from there.
>>
>> I'll work with this new information and give feedback. If it works,
>> I'm sure others will benefit from the information. If it fails, I'll
>> hope for more hints, while I continue to read and experiment.
>>
>> Thanks again!
>>
>> -- L. James
>>
>> --
>> L. D. James
>> ljames at apollo3.com
>> www.apollo3.com/~ljames
>> --
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>
> ----- Final da mensagem de "L. D. James" <ljames at apollo3.com> -----
>
>
>
> Maurício José T. Tecles
> Núcleo de Informática
> Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho - UFRJ
> mtecles at biof.ufrj.br
> Tel.: (21) 3938-6526 ou 3938-6544
>
>
Thanks Jose!
When I said it didn't do anything, I'm sorry I wasn't clear. I meant it
didn't do the objective of making any noticeable change.
I really appreciate the input and am still reading the docs and studying
them as close as I can. Sorry for the gaps, but I'm sure with time most
of the gaps will be closed and I'll remember the problems that I have
and share it back with others.
I have done everything you have mentioned and still can't see any
difference in the saved sent mail configuration. I'm still going over
it with a fine tooth comb to see what I'm still missing.
With the input from you and Jan, it appears that I have been on the
right track. I'm sure if there is something else, you or someone else
would mention it. So I'll keep retrying until I can see a "Sent Items"
for the saved mail.
I'm going to organize the exact steps so that I can post them exactly as
to how I'm performing them. I believe, as I mentioned, I'm doing
exactly as you have described. But since you sound so definite, there
is a chance I might not be performing them exactly.
I may perform a fresh install on another machine to ensure that I don't
have any confusion of my past failed attempts.
-- L. James
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L. D. James
ljames at apollo3.com
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