Dan Fandrich wrote:
On Thu, Dec 01, 2011 at 05:17:04PM +0000, Steve Holme wrote:
I have done a little research and couldn't really find anything... except
RFC2384:
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2384
This specifies a format for URL based connection strings (including
authentication) for pop3 but not message manipulation - similar to mutt I
guess.
Another possibility is to allow a syntax similar to the IMAP URL scheme
(RFC 5092). But I looked at that and the IMAP URLs are all about accessing
messages, not manipulating them.
How about this instead: rather than embedding operations into the URL
itself, why not use the "--quote" option, or even the "--request" option
to specify them? That's analagous to how this would be done for HTTP,
FTP and SFTP; to delete a file on those, you'd use -X DELETE, -Q DELE X and
-Q rm X, respectively. That actually seems more natural to me than inventing
a URL scheme to do the same.
I agree with Dan. [lib]curl should stick with the RFC2384 URL format
strictly to address the mailbox and use other options (command line &
CURLOPT_) to specify actions. I guess the current pop3[s]: format could be
retained as sort of an alias for backwards compatibility.
Great work!
Rich
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