224499 - storing attachments outside the mailbox (alternative to attachments)

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(MailNews Core :: Composition, enhancement)

Description

[mozilla]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6a) Gecko/20031001
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6a) Gecko/20031001

These links will show you the idea:
http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/2994
http://www.creo.com/global/products/software_solutions/creative/tokens/default.htm

It's an alternative to attachments, that:
-circumvents mailsize and mailboxsize restrictions
-saves space in someone's mailbox
-lets you update the file in between sending and reading the mail

Off course you should be able to store the files somewhere else than on the
computer you are sending mail from.

Combination with wav/mp3 recording of your voice (record button in composition
window) would be super

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1

[Jo Hermans]

mentioned before in bug 182047

I think it's not possible for Mozilla to do this, because we're only a
mail-client. This would be a job for an integrated client/server system. But an
intelligent server could work too (commercial systems that automatically rewrite
your mail, already exists).

Comment 2

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

That would mean that we shouldn't use the mbox standard anymore that such bugs
got marked wontfix. 

Comment 3

[mozilla]

Mozilla would only need to communicate with a server, not be a server. Only a
few configuration settings for the HTTP-POST (URL, file_to_upload, parameters).
The serverside stuff WILL be created, not much work. Most mailservers are
standard and most people can't change that. serverside processing is widely
available. The mailclient for the receiving party doesn't need special features,
it only needs to handle URLs as most mailclients already do.

Comment 4

[Malcolm Rowe]

*** Bug 228854 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 6

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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