Michael Monnerie wrote: > On Donnerstag 07 Mai 2009 Paul J Stevens wrote: >> The dbmail-httpd would then, after authentication/authorization >> return the attachment involved with the correct mime headers for the >> relevant content, i.e. the message, so the client knows how to save >> the file. > > Could that be done in a virtual mode? I mean: > a) the clients logs in with a special form of username, lets say instead > "cli...@domain" he uses "cli...@domain#noattach". This lets dbmail-(pop| > imap) switch to URL mode instead. For POP this only works if messages > are left on the server of course. (Maybe just forbid to delete mails for > POP when in #noattach mode).
We'd have to make sure this doesn't break any rfcs. Checking the usernamepart is already done atm with the usermap facility. Perhaps using a different port would be easier then. > b) Client gets, instead attachment, an URL like > http://dbmailwebserver/virtualurl. Whenever this URL gets called, a > script is executed checking login, and if this passes start the download > directly from the dbmail database, without needing to copy the file to > the filesystem. Maybe that needs to be done, but only as a temporary > file that's deleted after the download. What I'd not want is to copy all > attach files where an URL is generated to be copied to the filesystem, > just in case someone wants to download it. Ofcourse, nothing is copied to the filesystem. -- ________________________________________________________________ Paul Stevens paul at nfg.nl NET FACILITIES GROUP GPG/PGP: 1024D/11F8CD31 The Netherlands________________________________http://www.nfg.nl _______________________________________________ DBmail mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.fastxs.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dbmail
