Bilal, They are not dumb questions at all. The only dumb questions are the ones that are not asked :)
>Is the goal to create a full IMAP client with offline capabilities? If so >what local message format is going to be used? >What are the feature requirements for this thing? As to the offline capability I would assume we would like to have a full blown client that supports both online and offline. I am not sure about the message format though (not an IMAP expert) Bruce/Dain can u pls comment on this?? >Is this client going to be plugged in as a portlet in the console? The web config screens for the mail clients are portlet from what I know (there is something for SMTP). But I do know from looking at the code that all protocol providers are wrapped and installed as GBeans. But I am not sure about how GBeans are exposed to the web layer via portlets (not too familiar) If somebody can fill me in that would be great. Regards, Rajith Attapattu. -----Original Message----- From: Bilal Bhatti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 10:25 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: RE: Who wants to write POP and IMAP transports? [status] Thanks, Rajith. Is the goal to create a full IMAP client with offline capabilities. If so what local message format is going to be used? Is this client going to be plugged in as a portlet in the console? I have the code for an online imap client. It has basic functionality to grab folders and pull down messages. What are the feature requirements for this thing? Sorry for the dumb questions, if they have been discussed already. bilal > > Bilal, > > What Bruce was referring to are the following RFC's and JavaMail spec. > > IMAP4 RFC > http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1730.html > > POP3 RFC > http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1939.html > > The following page has links to both JavaMail API doc and specs > http://java.sun.com/products/javamail/reference/api/index.html > > http://java.sun.com/products/javamail/JavaMail-1.3-changes.txt > > It's quite a bit to read :) > > Regards, > > Rajith Attapattu. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Snyder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 3:36 PM > To: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Who wants to write POP and IMAP transports? [status] > > On 12/5/05, Bilal Bhatti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Can you share the resources you have found about IMAP/JavaMail etc. in >> your research. Let me know where I can help you with that. I'm not a > mail >> expert but I will help where possible. > > The majority of the resources I've found I have already noted in the > discussions on the topic of POP and IMAP transports (i.e., JavaMail > spec, relevant RFCs). > > Bruce > -- > perl -e 'print > unpack("u30","D0G)[EMAIL PROTECTED]&5R\"F)R=6-E+G-N>61E<D\!G;6%I;\"YC;VT*" > );' > > The Castor Project > http://www.castor.org/ > > Apache Geronimo > http://geronimo.apache.org/ > -- bilal ----- "We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about." - Einstein
