Re: "Yellow Sticker" Plugin -- any demand?

On 19.01.2013 04:08, Paul Lesniewski wrote:

>>> Now I wonder -- do other people feel the need for such a functionality?
[...]
> This is supported in SquirrelMail natively via $motd in the
> configuration file or option 7 in the configuration tool.  You may use
> any HTML you desire (for background color, blinking whirling text,
> whatever).  Other plugins can also control it - see the Check Quota
> plugin for an example.  If you want to control it using a file instead
> of a setting, a plugin can do that or it might be worthwhile to
> consider submitting a patch for the core.

In my eyes controlling that message display through a file has
significant benefits:

(a) It is easier to use for people who are not familiar with
SquirrelMail. I can document it easily with "put a file here with this
name" for others to use, but I (and they) might not be comfortable with
them fiddling with the configuration.

(b) It is easier to control by external automated means, for instance by
an at(1) job.

And then there is one thing -- I just tried it, and while it is
certainly a good thing, it is only shown, like the comment string says,
"immediately after a user logs in."

This is not quite what I want. We have lots of users with long-running
SquirrelMail sessions, and we need to notify those, too. With the
automatic reload of the folder frame, the message even shows up
automatically when the file is placed there, and it disappears
automatically when the file is removed. I like that a lot.

This is not to say that the motd is a bad idea, only that *I* have the
need for something else. As there has been some interest for my
solution, I do intend to separate it into an own plugin soonish.

Regards, Juergen.

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