On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 15:26:53 +1300 David Kirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yuri, > > Are you saying that you want to create a GMail clone that you can run > on your home server? > > I don't think you need to rewrite the whole backend and create new > protocols. All you need is a client that will display the mail on the > server in the way you want it. You could create a web client and/or a > mail client application. > > You don't have to store your mail in separate folders. Keep it all in > your inbox. Your client can still use IMAP to get the mail from your > server. > > If you want to add labels your messages like in GMail, just add a > custom header that your client will check for (although I don't know > if it is a good idea to modify an e-mail once it has reached its final > destination). > > Conversations can be displayed by using the existing In-Reply-To and > References headers. indeed operamail operates like that. imap servers are capable of flagging mail (seen, unseen, read, new etc) so i would think adding more should be trivial (although you don't want to end up like some software vendors and subverting the protocol with new undocumented unwanted and incompatible extensions do you) > > Good luck. > > -- > Later > > David Kirk > > ** Beware the dreaded GMail reply-to header if replying to this message ** -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
