Charles,
Thanks for the enthusiasm. I looked at the pop3 server and it is using the
generic mail repository I was speaking about called MailRepository to
manipulate the user inbox. I don't believe your code is using this is it?
Could you give me some idea what is working and what is not?
-John Yoost
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Benett [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 1:33 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: IMAP and the database repository
>
> John Yoost wrote:
> >
> > I am very interested in using James SMTP and IMAP and the Database
> > repository.
>
> Hurrah!
>
> >
> > 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.
>
> Great.
>
> >
> > 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.
>
> I suspect that there are enough differences between IMAP and POP3 that
> the existing database mail repositories are not a great place to start
> for IMAP db storage.
>
> >
> > Am I off base here?
> >
> > Is this current limitation why IMAP development is at a stand-still?
>
> No - I just haven't had any time recently.
>
> >
> > Please help me get my arms around where the IMAP development stands so I
> can
> > try to help.
>
> I would suggest getting first getting the IMAP + file storage up to
> usable standard.
> DB-ising should then be fairly straightforward.
>
> Charles
>
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