Fred, I'm not aware of a concrete effort regarding the POP3 connector. Maybe you can contribute to the project in this area?
Could you elaborate a bit on the JackRabbit (JCR) integration use case? Best regards, Jerome > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Fred Janon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Envoyé : dimanche 24 juin 2007 06:46 > À : [email protected] > Objet : Restlet connectors for POP3? > > 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 > > Original message follows: > ============================= > From: Jerome Louvel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 21:01:40 +0200 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Subject: using jackrabbit to store email with meta-data > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > For context, please check this thread: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg01566.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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. :) >
