Open Bug 65574 Opened 24 years ago Updated 3 years ago

Support adding an account signature from a remote file (http, ftp etc.)

Categories

(MailNews Core :: Account Manager, enhancement)

Product:
MailNews Core
Component:
Account Manager
Type:
enhancement

Tracking

(Not tracked)

People

(Reporter: ressu, Unassigned)

References

Details

it would be nice to use signatures like http://myhost/somepath/sig.txt for
signature. 

it is useful when using several machines to access one mail account and replying
from different locations. you would only need to edit one signature.
yeah, that could be kind of cool. But there's also some problems. If fx the 
network isn't connected, etc...
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Hardware: PC → All
Summary: Allow non-file signatures. → RFE: Allow non-file signatures (fx http)
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Target Milestone: --- → Future
Besides non-regular file sigs it would be nice if Unix fifos worked as signature
files.  Signify has this feature: it pipes the signatures (one per request)
throught ~/.signature.  Mozilla doesn't know how to handle this.
Summary: RFE: Allow non-file signatures (fx http) → Allow non-file signatures (fx http)
Product: MailNews → Core
*** Bug 257484 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Want to ask if there a plans to implement the requested feature in Thunderbird 2.x or 3.x? 

The same semantic as the addition of an plugin/extension can be used, means: I i want to add an extension i can (beside using a local file) put an http url into the file open dialog to specify the extension location. This could be used for sigantures too. Beside supporting the http(s) protocol an remote siganture should be accessible at least via FTP/Webdav. IMHO remote signatures can/should be part of roaming profile support.
Flags: wanted-thunderbird3?
Assignee: ducarroz → nobody
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
QA Contact: pmock → composition
Product: Core → MailNews Core
this would be cool, but marking - based on new driver criteria
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Release_Driving
Flags: wanted-thunderbird3? → wanted-thunderbird3-
Pipes is bug 62993.
Summary: Allow non-file signatures (fx http) → Support adding an account signature from a remote file (http, ftp etc.)
Component: Composition → Account Manager
Target Milestone: Future → ---
Severity: normal → N/A
You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.