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Hi all, This is an interesting discussion which connects well indeed to our idea of RESTful email based on Restlets: http://restlet.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=138 A first step towards the long term goal would be to provide RESTful views of mail storages accessible via POP3 and IMAP. This could be materialized by the creation of new Restlet connectors for POP3 and IMAP sharing a common XML representation of email messages. We should also make sure that the current SMTP connector (JavaMail-based) shares the same XML format (schema) at least. The second step would be to provide an HTTP-based gateway providing an email application/view based on the POP/IMAP/SMTP connectors and the common XML format. The third step would be to create a fully RESTful email system, based on HTTP and XML only. In addition, storage of messages in a content repository like Jackrabbit fully makes sense: http://jackrabbit.apache.org/ For a RESTful solution to pick up we would need to provide a smooth transition from the current procotols to the newer one based on HTTP/XML. We should also consider RDF as an alternative/complement to XML. I'm currently focused on other areas but I'm interested to continue the discussion and to mature the idea. Best regards, Jerome Louvel http://www.restlet.org Lars Heuer wrote: > Well, the RESTful email system is a long term project and I don't have > investigated much time to think about RESTful operations. Maybe Jérôme > (the deveoloper of Restlet) has investigated more thought on it. > The complete RESTful e-mail system is just an idea. I want my RESTful > views first. :)
