Re: Patch: implement "allow external images" flag

[Philip Van Hoof <spam pvanhoof be>]

We will discuss this patch Monday over IRC.

I recommend #tinymail on GimpNet, if this is possible for you.

Perhaps also prepare Skype or another VoIP ;-)


On Fri, 2008-05-30 at 13:32 +0200, José Dapena Paz wrote:
> 	Hi,
> 
> 	This patch implements a way to flag messages in local storage / cache
> as allowed to fetch external images. This way, if user accepts that a
> message can fetch them, mail client, does not need to ask again for it.
> 
> 	The implementation is similar to the "ispartial" flag. I save a file
> for each message tracking this.
> 
> The changelog would be:
> 
> * libtinymail/tny-msg.[ch]:
>         * New virtual methods get/set allow external images, to store
>           user acceptation to allow mail client to fetch external images
>           referenced in a message.
> * libtinymail-camel/tny-camel-msg.[ch]:
>         * Implement new public methods get/set allow external images
>           available in TnyMsg interface. It uses TnyCamelFolder for
>           implementation of storage of the flag.
> * libtinymail-camel/tny-camel-folder.c,
>   libtinymail-camel/tny-camel-folder-priv.h:
>         * In camel we delegate on folder for storing the "get external
>           images" flag. Then we expose a private method for this, that
>           will be called in TnyMsg public implementation.
> * libtinymail-camel/camel-lite/camel/camel-folder.[ch]:
>         * Add new virtual methods (not implemented here) for getting
>           and setting "get external images" flag for each message.
> * libtinymail-camel/camel-lite/camel/camel-data-cache.[ch]:
>         * Implementation of storage of "get external images" flag in
>           data cache. It stores a file with extension getimages in the
>           same folder the message contents are retrieved.
> * libtinymail-camel/camel-lite/camel/providers/nntp/camel-nntp-folder.c:
>         * Implement get/set allow external images methods. It stores
>           it in the camel data cache using the methods the cache
>           exposes for this.
> * libtinymail-camel/camel-lite/camel/providers/pop3/camel-pop3-folder.c:
>         * Implement get/set allow external images methods. It also uses
>           the data cache as nntp provider.
> * libtinymail-camel/camel-lite/camel/providers/imap/camel-imap-folder.c:
>         * Implement get/set allow external images methods. It relies on
>           proper implementation in imap messages cache.
> * libtinymail-camel/camel-lite/camel/providers/imap/camel-imap-message-cache.[ch]:
>         * Add storage of allow external images flag. It saves an empty
>           file with extension getimages per allowed file (similar to
>           is partial flag approach).
> * libtinymail-camel/camel-lite/camel/providers/local/camel-maildir-folder.c:
>         * Implement get/set allow external images methods. It stores
>           an empty file for each message in the folder maildir metadata
>           directory (the one on top of cur, new and tmp).
> 
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