Hi, I am Om Prakash Kumar, an undergrad student at Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India.
I have applied to Gentoo's project 'imapfw, the next mail framework'. The imapfw is an extension of OfflineIMAP- a synchronization utility to sync emails between remote IMAP server and local Maildir folder or another server. The imapfw will completely replace OfflineIMAP in the long run and will become a tool for efficient synchronization of emails between an IMAP server and local Maildir folder or another server. It would not only be equipped with all the current feature of OfflineIMAP but also be very efficient in terms of network usage, better concurrency support, no duplication of emails and it will be easily extensible. It will be much more powerful and simple compared to OfflineIMAP. *Project Idea*: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2016/Ideas#imapfw.2C_the_next_mail_framework *Project Proposal* : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P79q7G-LG6HbQvrLrFLSG-XBRZy2gaDz-2XjEeh2brU/edit?usp=sharing *Feature to be implemented in imapfw*: 1. Improved concurrency support (It will make it much more powerful, and will be able to sync hundreds of thousands of emails within a minute or less. Isn't it interesting?) 2. Support to multiple use case 3. Easily extensibility 4. Easy to use for a non-technical and expert user. *Brief Introduction* : I am Om Prakash Kumar, a Computer Science undergrad student at Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India. Although, I am new to open source development but I love to work for open source software. I love to code, develop and explore new things. I started contributing to open source few months back. You can find my contribution at Github <http://www.github.com/iamprakashom>. I found project 'imapfw' as an excellent opportunity to do all of these. Previously I have done competitive coding in C++. This GSoC will not only add values to my skill but also polish me as open source developer. I will be gaining experience and be learning a lot from this project. I am really quite excited about imapfw. It will give more power to OfflineIMAP user to sync email with better concurrency support. It will be an awesome experience when my code will be useful for hundreds of thousands of users of offlineimap/imapfw around globe. *Thanks and Regards,* Om Prakash Kumar Computer Science M.C.A 2nd Year Pondicherry University Pondicherry, India
