On Monday 14 July 2003 17:55, Brian Candler wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 04:38:28PM -0400, Jesse Guardiani wrote:
> > > I doubt users actually *type* 10 megs of stuff though. If you are
> > > attaching files, I guess that's another process - I really have not
> > > looked into how sqwebmail builds up a 'draft' message whilst allowing
> > > you to attach things.
> >
> > It all gets sent via POST. Trust me: We want to store this stuff on the
> > server rather than pass it back and forth between the server and the
> > client. It's more efficient that way.
>
> But attachments are not sent in the same POST as when the user completes
> the typing of their message (by clicking "Send"). It would be sent in a
> previous POST where the user has clicked on "Add attachment" or somesuch,
> using an upload.
>
> When the user finally clicks "Send" the only thing which will get uploaded
> is the text part of the message. This does imply that sqwebmail is
> assembling the draft server-side. Indeed it must be, as the user might
> choose to add multiple attachments.

Yeah, you're right. I'll have to read up on that code too, I guess.

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