Has anyone made some attempt to write the POP3 connector or done some work
with JackRabbit? The whole thing (POP3 + Jackrabbit) is very appealing.
Thanks
Fred
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Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 21:01:40 +0200
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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 Louvelhttp://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. :)
