John Yoost wrote:
>
> OK, so my take is that if I want to help with the IMAP server I
> should look at the interface part to to the mail repository, to make it
> generically communicate with either the file system or database repository
> correct?
No. I'd get the IMAP code working byitself (it has its own mailbox code)
and then see if there are enough commonalities with POP3/ SMTP to make a
common base sensible.
For example:
1) IMAP uses a two-stage delete (Mark Message Deleted & Expunge Mailbox)
as opposed to POP3's one-stage Delete;
2) IMAP mailboxes allow concurrent access where as POP3 does not;
3) I think I have the IMAP ACL (Access Control List) system working,
nothing comparable for POP3.
Charles
>
> John Yoost
>
> > On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, John Yoost wrote:
> >
> > > I am very interested in using James SMTP and IMAP and the Database
> > > repository.
> > >
> > > I realize that the IMAP implementation is pre-beta. I have looked at
> > the
> > > existing code (for IMAP) as well as RFC2060. with the idea of helping
> > with
> > > the IMAP part of the project.
> > >
> > > With a quick once over, it looks to me as if the IMAP code does not
> > support
> > > the use of a database repository (or the other way around, the Database
> > > repository does not support the IMAP requirement). Speciffically I
> > don't
> > > see any support for multiple folders in the database repository, only
> > > hard-coded support for folders under the OS file system.
> > >
> > > Am I off base here?
> > >
> > > Is this current limitation why IMAP development is at a stand-still?
> > >
> > > Please help me get my arms around where the IMAP development stands so I
> > can
> > > try to help.
> >
> > Reading your comments 4 paragraphs above, it seems that you already know
> > where the problem is.
> >
> > BTW, the database mail repository entries are keyed by the message name
> > and the folder name. If you need more than one folder for a user, you can
> > have different folder names. Currently, the folder names are already look
> > like "<username>inbox/"; I think you can have <username>inbox/folder<n>
> > for the inbox names.
> >
> > Oki
> >
> >
> >
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