It turned out I was correct the problem was in my code. The 
require_once invocations needed to be just require's.



P.S. Have I said that all your horde stuff rocks ?

Thanks for your time, and keep up the great work.

I could not find some free time to debug it. However I've enabled the 
debugging  and it seems the problem is in my dynamic include code, not 
in IMP. I'll post again when I resolve it.



Thanks for your feedback.

No feedback.

Is the mailbox list empty in the sense that it doesn't show the 
messages that should be there, or is the generated HTML page 
incomplete (check the page source)?

Also check your web server and php log files.

I'm also using this approach to allow my users to override any of the 
configuration options:



*****************************

# cat /etc/horde/horde3/prefs.php

<?php



$uid = posix_getuid();

$uinfo = posix_getpwuid($uid);



if (is_readable($uinfo['dir'] . '/.config/etc/horde/horde3/prefs.php')) {

     require_once $uinfo['dir'] . '/.config/etc/horde/horde3/prefs.php';

} else {

     require_once '/etc/horde/horde3/prefs.default.php';

}

*****************************

The diffs I've pasted is from this prefs.default.php

I also use this for several other horde's/imp's config files.

--- horde-prefs.php.dist        Tue Sep 13 20:16:01 2005

+++ horde-prefs.php     Tue Sep 13 20:16:01 2005

@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@



  // what application should we go to after login?

  $_prefs['initial_application'] = array(

-    'value' => 'horde',

+    'value' => 'imp',

      'locked' => false,

      'shared' => true,

      'type' => 'select',



*********************************



--- imp-prefs.php.dist  Tue Sep 13 20:16:02 2005

+++ imp-prefs.php       Tue Sep 13 20:16:02 2005

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@

   */



  // Make sure that constants are defined.

-@define('IMP_BASE', dirname(__FILE__) . '/..');

+@define('IMP_BASE', '/usr/share/horde3/imp');

  require_once IMP_BASE . '/lib/IMP.php';



  $prefGroups['identities'] = array(

@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@

  $_prefs['trash_folder'] = array(

  // for Exchange, uncomment the entry below and remove the default value entry

  //    'value' => 'Deleted Items',

-    'value' => 'trash',

+    'value' => 'Trash',

      'locked' => false,

      'shared' => false,

      'type' => 'implicit');

@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@



  // compose in a separate window?

  $_prefs['compose_popup'] = array(

-    'value' => 1,

+    'value' => 0,

      'locked' => false,

      'shared' => false,

      'type' => 'checkbox',

@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@

  // them as deleted?

  // a value of 0 = no, 1 = yes

  $_prefs['use_trash'] = array(

-    'value' => 0,

+    'value' => 1,

      'locked' => false,

      'shared' => false,

      'type' => 'checkbox',

@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@



  // which page to start on when opening mailbox

  $_prefs['mailbox_start'] = array(

-    'value' => IMP_MAILBOXSTART_FIRSTUNSEEN,

+    'value' => IMP_MAILBOXSTART_FIRSTPAGE,

      'locked' => false,

      'shared' => false,

      'type' => 'enum',

@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@

  // user preferred sorting column

  $_prefs['sortby'] = array(

      'value' => SORTARRIVAL,

-    'locked' => false,

+    'locked' => true,

      'shared' => false,

      'type' => 'enum',

      'enum' => array(SORTARRIVAL => _("Arrival Time"),

@@ -895,8 +895,8 @@



  // user preferred sorting direction

  $_prefs['sortdir'] = array(

-    'value' => 0,

-    'locked' => false,

+    'value' => 1,

+    'locked' => true,

      'shared' => false,

      'type' => 'enum',

      'enum' => array(0 => _("Ascending"),

@@ -941,8 +941,8 @@



  // expand folder tree by default

  $_prefs['nav_expanded'] = array(

-    'value' => 0,

-    'locked' => false,

+    'value' => 1,

+    'locked' => true,

      'shared' => false,

      'type' => 'enum',

      'enum' => array(0 => _("No"),

@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@

  // list of folders to expand by default

  $_prefs['expanded_folders'] = array(

      'value' => 'a:0:{}',

-    'locked' => false,

+    'locked' => true,

      'shared' => false,

      'type' => 'implicit');



*****************



Several of the differences in IMP's prefs.php are because I've tried 
disabling saving of some options, just to see if any of them was 
causing the problem.

Try both. Start with a fresh copy from the original prefs.php.dist files.

Horde's or IMP's ?

Any ideas which option might be causing this ?

Your prefs.php configuration file is probably broken.

   Hi,



As the subjects says, the messages in the inbox folder are not showing when

I save any IMP preferences in the MySQL backend. The compose text area in

the compose page also becomes corrupted(too small in width).



I'm using the official debian packages for IMP 4.0.3 and Horde 3.0.4 .



These are the configs I'm using:



Horde's conf.php:



<?php

/* CONFIG START. DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING IN OR AFTER THIS LINE. */

// $Horde: horde/config/conf.xml,v 1.74.2.5 2005/03/22 11:40:14 jan Exp $

$conf['debug_level'] = E_ERROR;

$conf['max_exec_time'] = 5;

$conf['use_ssl'] = 2;

$conf['server']['name'] = $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];

$conf['server']['port'] = $_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'];

$conf['compress_pages'] = false;

$conf['umask'] = 077;

$conf['session']['name'] = 'Horde';

$conf['session']['cache_limiter'] = 'nocache';

$conf['session']['timeout'] = 0;

$conf['cookie']['domain'] = $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];

$conf['cookie']['path'] = '/horde3';

$conf['sql']['persistent'] = false;

$conf['sql']['hostspec'] = 'localhost';

$conf['sql']['username'] = 'horde';

$conf['sql']['password'] = '**********';

$conf['sql']['database'] = 'horde';

$conf['sql']['charset'] = 'UTF-8';

$conf['sql']['phptype'] = 'mysql';

$conf['auth']['admins'] = array('Administrator');

$conf['auth']['checkip'] = true;

$conf['auth']['params']['app'] = 'imp';

$conf['auth']['driver'] = 'application';

$conf['signup']['allow'] = false;

$conf['signup']['approve'] = true;

$conf['signup']['preprocess'] = false;

$conf['signup']['queue'] = false;

$conf['log']['enabled'] = false;

$conf['log_accesskeys'] = false;

$conf['prefs']['params']['driverconfig'] = 'horde';

$conf['prefs']['driver'] = 'sql';

$conf['datatree']['params']['driverconfig'] = 'horde';

$conf['datatree']['driver'] = 'sql';

$conf['group']['driver'] = 'datatree';

$conf['cache']['default_lifetime'] = 1800;

$conf['cache']['params']['dir'] = Horde::getTempDir();

$conf['cache']['driver'] = 'file';

$conf['token']['driver'] = 'none';

$conf['mailer']['params']['sendmail_path'] = '/usr/lib/sendmail';

$conf['mailer']['params']['sendmail_args'] = '-oi';

$conf['mailer']['type'] = 'sendmail';

$conf['vfs']['params']['vfsroot'] = Horde::getTempDir();

$conf['vfs']['type'] = 'file';

$conf['sessionhandler']['type'] = 'none';

$conf['geoip']['datafile'] = '/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat';

$conf['problems']['email'] = 'support@itahost.com';

$conf['menu']['always'] = false;

$conf['menu']['links']['help'] = 'all';

$conf['menu']['links']['options'] = 'authenticated';

$conf['menu']['links']['problem'] = 'all';

$conf['menu']['links']['login'] = 'all';

$conf['menu']['links']['logout'] = 'authenticated';

$conf['hooks']['username'] = false;

$conf['hooks']['preauthenticate'] = false;

$conf['hooks']['postauthenticate'] = false;

$conf['hooks']['authldap'] = false;

$conf['kolab']['enabled'] = false;

/* CONFIG END. DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING IN OR BEFORE THIS LINE. */



IMP's conf.php:



<?php

/* CONFIG START. DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING IN OR AFTER THIS LINE. */

// $Horde: imp/config/conf.xml,v 1.53 2004/12/09 15:33:27 slusarz Exp $

$conf['utils']['spellchecker'] = '/usr/bin/ispell';

$conf['utils']['gnupg'] = '/usr/bin/gpg';

$conf['utils']['gnupg_keyserver'] = array('wwwkeys.pgp.net', 
'www.keyserver.net', 'pgp.mit.edu');

$conf['utils']['gnupg_timeout'] = '10';

$conf['utils']['openssl_binary'] = '/usr/bin/openssl';

$conf['menu']['apps'] = array();

$conf['user']['allow_folders'] = true;

$conf['user']['allow_view_source'] = true;

$conf['user']['allow_resume_all'] = true;

$conf['user']['allow_resume_all_in_drafts'] = false;

$conf['user']['alternate_login'] = false;

$conf['user']['redirect_on_logout'] = false;

$conf['user']['select_sentmail_folder'] = true;

$conf['server']['server_list'] = 'none';

$conf['server']['change_server'] = false;

$conf['server']['change_port'] = false;

$conf['server']['change_protocol'] = false;

$conf['server']['change_folders'] = false;

$conf['server']['sort_limit'] = '0';

$conf['server']['cache_folders'] = true;

$conf['mailbox']['show_attachments'] = false;

$conf['mailbox']['show_preview'] = false;

$conf['mailbox']['show_xpriority'] = false;

$conf['fetchmail']['show_account_colors'] = false;

$conf['fetchmail']['size_limit'] = '0';

$conf['msgsettings']['filtering']['words'] = './config/filter.txt';

$conf['msgsettings']['filtering']['replacement'] = '****';

$conf['spam']['reporting'] = false;

$conf['notspam']['reporting'] = false;

$conf['msg']['prepend_header'] = false;

$conf['msg']['append_trailer'] = false;

$conf['compose']['use_vfs'] = false;

$conf['compose']['allow_cc'] = true;

$conf['compose']['allow_bcc'] = true;

$conf['compose']['allow_receipts'] = true;

$conf['compose']['special_characters'] = false;

$conf['compose']['link_attachments'] = false;

$conf['compose']['add_maildomain_to_unexpandable'] = false;

$conf['compose']['attach_size_limit'] = '0';

$conf['compose']['attach_count_limit'] = '0';

$conf['hooks']['vinfo'] = false;

$conf['hooks']['signature'] = false;

$conf['hooks']['trailer'] = false;

$conf['hooks']['fetchmail_filter'] = false;

$conf['hooks']['mbox_redirect'] = false;

$conf['hooks']['mbox_icon'] = false;

$conf['hooks']['spam_bounce'] = false;

$conf['maillog']['use_maillog'] = true;

$conf['tasklist']['use_tasklist'] = false;

/* CONFIG END. DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING IN OR BEFORE THIS LINE. */



I'm not pasting the other config files since this email will become too

long. If it's necessary please say so. I might also provide a test account,

change any config settings, or provide information about the stored 
preferences.