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Comment	> Completely agree with you, thanks for the comment. > > When I was coding this, I thought about exposing the MIME creation > function _createMimeMessage($to, $body) in a way I can call it AJAX > style, so the double submit would not be needed. I would just replace > my javascript code that composes the MIME hackishly and make an AJAX > call the server side to compose it, then continue signing and finally > submit it. However, I preferred to leave this strategy for later > discussion with you. Besides, I don't think we could call the MIME > composing part alone, could we? What do you think about it? > > > > Getting back to your idea, I also thought about it, though I am not > sure how to double submit the form. > > The user first click the submit, we set actionID to COMPOSE_MIME to > compose the MIME and not send it. The page would render again but > here we need a javascript function to hook in body onload event and > re-submit the form, this time setting actionID to > SEND_MESSAGE_AS_IS so no other action is taken, only send the > messages. > > > > This is much like splitting current actionID 'send_message' in two. > One that composes, the other just sends messages away. > > > > I think we need to find a way o reusing the code block of actionID > 'send_message' but not sure how. I tried to change as little as I > could. > > > > We also would need to add another config preference other than > IMP_SMIME_ENCRYPT so not to override current signing functionality. > > > > Finally, I am now in a bit of a mess with versions. First I > downloaded Horde 3.1.1 and IMP 4.1.1 to get it up and running fast > and changed code there. > > Then I checked out HEAD to produce this patch we are discussing, but > I can not run this checked out source as it is, since I do not know > how to configure it with apache. All modules are at the same level > wich is different from release code where IMP directory goes inside > Horde directory and so forth. In short, can you help me get up and > running in Apache this checked out version of IMP so I can test the > changes? > > > > I'll be on hollidays for 2 weeks, so see you then. > > And sorry If it takes me too many words to explain things. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mariano. > > > >> This is indeed pretty simple, but the implementation is too hackish. > >> There is much more happening inside IMP to create a valid mime part > >> than what you have implemented in javascript. > >> > >> If we really need to sign the complete mime part, we need to > >> implement this differently. We could submit the form using a > >> different actionID, one that completes all steps of the send_message > >> action but doesn't send the message finally. Instead we would return > >> to the compose view with the complete mime part, trigger the > >> javascript to sign the part, and submit it again, this time with yet > >> another actionID the runs the second half of the send_message action, > >> but with the signed mime part. > > > >
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