URL To Compose Page

ribrob · 24 Aug 2006, 02:12 AM

Hi there,

I'm trying to use Greasemonkey and Platypus (two firefox extensions that let you monkey around with page layouts and functions) to customise my Compose page.

To do this i need to enter the URL of the Compose page for the scripts to know which page to work their magic on. However it seems the Compose Page URL carries a lot of extra info that changes each time.

I can use wildcards to get a range of URLs...

http://www.speedpost.net/beta/*

...which would catch anything from there on - but that actually causes some problems as it's too general, so i need to focus on the compose page only.

Is there a basic URL which is the same each time?

r.

bblount · 24 Aug 2006, 01:26 PM

And a side question: Can anyone shed light on what all the strings in the URL mean?

robmueller · 25 Aug 2006, 01:23 PM

I can

It's all about 2 things mainly. State and actions.

Things like this:
SMB-MF-DI=25

Hold state about the screen (eg Mailbox screen, Message form sub-screen, Display items = 25)

This:
Ust=60024501!35db41ae

Holds a unique identifier for each session, so you can have multiple logged in sessions at the same time in different windows.

This:
MSignal=MR-**266490

Is the action to perform (eg goto the Message read screen to message id 266490)

Obviously there's a whole bunch of bits and pieces to get it all to hold together. Unfortuanately our framework makes putting together custom URLs a bit tricky, but what you probably want is just something like:

http://www.fastmail.fm/mail/?MSignal=MC-*

Rob

David · 25 Aug 2006, 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by robmueller
but what you probably want is just something like:

http://www.fastmail.fm/mail/?MSignal=MC-*

Rob

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24 Aug 2006, 02:12 AM	#1
ribrob Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 28	URL To Compose Page Hi there, I'm trying to use Greasemonkey and Platypus (two firefox extensions that let you monkey around with page layouts and functions) to customise my Compose page. To do this i need to enter the URL of the Compose page for the scripts to know which page to work their magic on. However it seems the Compose Page URL carries a lot of extra info that changes each time. I can use wildcards to get a range of URLs... http://www.speedpost.net/beta/* ...which would catch anything from there on - but that actually causes some problems as it's too general, so i need to focus on the compose page only. Is there a basic URL which is the same each time? r. Last edited by ribrob : 24 Aug 2006 at 05:52 PM.

24 Aug 2006, 01:26 PM	#2
bblount Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 65	And a side question: Can anyone shed light on what all the strings in the URL mean?

25 Aug 2006, 01:23 PM	#3
robmueller Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 6,102 Representative of: Fastmail.FM	I can It's all about 2 things mainly. State and actions. Things like this: SMB-MF-DI=25 Hold state about the screen (eg Mailbox screen, Message form sub-screen, Display items = 25) This: Ust=60024501!35db41ae Holds a unique identifier for each session, so you can have multiple logged in sessions at the same time in different windows. This: MSignal=MR-*266490 Is the action to perform (eg goto the Message read screen to message id 266490) Obviously there's a whole bunch of bits and pieces to get it all to hold together. Unfortuanately our framework makes putting together custom URLs a bit tricky, but what you probably want is just something like: http://www.fastmail.fm/mail/?MSignal=MC- Rob