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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: auto-encrypt attachments: want to implement
From:       Don Sanders <sanders () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-08-15 11:35:36
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On Sunday 12 August 2001 13:11, Andreas Gungl wrote:
> On Tuesday 07 August 2001 21:27, Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> > On Tuesday, 7. August 2001 15:31, Florian Weber wrote:
> > > Hi all
> > >
> > > I would be interested in adding automatic encryption
> > > of attachments, as it is currently done for only the
> > > body.
> > >
> > > After looking over the kmail sources I have to admit:
> > > I have no idea on where to start :-)
> >
> > It's a nice idea but currently you shouldn't work on
> > this because: 1. The PGP/GnuPG will be completely
> > reworked.
> > 2. Currently the attachment handling is very ugly (in
> > terms of memory consumption). Ideally the attachments
> > wouldn't be added to the composed message until it's
> > send. If this is changed in a future version of
>
> I'm not sure, if this is a good idea. It's okay when
> thinking about memory, but I prefer having the file
> attached in the moment I write the message. Then I can
> have the message in the outbox for a while, and the
> attachment is not affected by any changes to the file
> (until the moment when the message is sent).
> Sometimes I do produce some temporary files. Then I
> attach them to messages, afterwards I can delete them
> independently from whether the messages have already been
> sent or not.
>
> This is my private POV, others may have other opinions.
> Would be nice to have this discussed before changing the
> current behaviour.

Obvious solution, copy the file(s) to be attached and then 
delay the adding of attachments until the message is copied.

Obvious problem, delaying adding of attachments won't save 
any memory at all, until the fundamental problem of handlng 
large messages efficiently is solved.

Don.
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