[v-webmail] Re: Passing user details to v-webmail
- From: "Joshua Broussard" <jbroussard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <R.A.Stanier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 20:21:20 -0800
It is really easy... basically all you have to do is POST the form =
instead
of submit it using the GET method you described. The major drawback to =
POST
is that the user CANNOT bookmark the page and have it work later. =
Assuming
your referring page is php and has access to variables that store the =
user's
name and password ($user, and $pass respectively in the sample code =
below),
and that you only have one email server defined, you can simply add the
following code to your page wherever you want the login to appear.=20
Please pay attention that you change " v-webmail/htdocs/login.php " in =
the
sample code below to show the path to v-webmail's login.php page.
// Begin sample code
<form action=3D"v-webmail/htdocs/login.php" method=3D"post" =
name=3D"login">
<input type=3D"hidden" size=3D"25" name=3D"username" value=3D"$user">
<input type=3D"hidden" size=3D"25" name=3D"password" value=3D"$pass">
<input type=3D"hidden" name=3D"server_id" value=3D"0">
<input type=3D"submit" class=3D"submit" name=3D"submit" value=3D"Login =
to Webmail">
</form>
// End sample code
I have tested this on my working copy of v-webmail, and confirmed that =
it
works.
R/Joshua
-----Original Message-----
From: v-webmail-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =
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On Behalf Of R.A.Stanier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 8:14 AM
To: v-webmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [v-webmail] Passing user details to v-webmail
Hi All,
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We're currently looking for a suitable webmail client for our students =
at
the university of Brighton, England.
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Having spent some time looking at the various alternatives, v-webmail =
looks
like the one to go for. However, we'd very much like to embed access to
v-webmail from within our virtual learning environment. Given all users =
have
to login to the VLE with the same username and password as they would =
use
for email, we'd like to simply be able to pass these details directly to
v-webmail without students having to login a second time. We have the
user''s details but I can't see an obvious way of passing them to =
v-webmail.
I've tried using login.php?username=3Dxxx&password=3Dxxx and attempted =
to pass
all the variables from the login page but this always returns me to the
login page. Has anyone got any pointers as to how we might achieve this?
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Also, has anyone experience of how v-webmail scales for thousands of =
users -
we currently have nearly 20,000 students so we need to be sure it will =
cope
with the scale of use we expect.
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Many thanks,
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Stan
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Dr R Stanier
Learning Technologies Group Manager
Information Services
University of Brighton
Lewes Rd
Brighton BN2 4GJ
01273 642780
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