Forum .LRN Q&A: Alerts from forums sent before attachment is finished.

If a posting is made in the forums package, you get a confirm page that asks if you like to be notified of responses, and if you like to make an attachment.

If you choose to make an attachment, you are redirected through a set of pages where you can choose an attachment for the posting.

What I noticed is that the posting is commited before the attachment process is completed by the user and alerts are sent for the posting. Is this the correct/intended behavior? I feel that the we should wait till the user has completed the attachment process before the posting is commited and alerts are sent. Any comments?

Interesting bug! This is because attachments was added completely
separately from notifications. The question here is probably more related to
the forums process.

If you choose to add an attachment, does that mean the message shouldn't be
posted to the forum until the attachment is made? The answer is probalby yes.
The modular attachment architecture will make that a bit tough, but not
impossible.

Any additional thoughts on this?