Thom Hehl wrote:
Hello! I am new to Apache James, but think this is a good place to start.
Hi, thanks for stopping by!
One of the things available from an exchange server that the open source
world doesn't have is the calendar and address book functions.
Is that correct? What about all the open source groupware software out
there, for example horde (horde.org)?
> To me,
these seem excellent additions to a mail server, but have no business in
the existing protocols such as POP3/IMAP4, and SMTP.
Those protocols could be a fine start for you, nevertheless. You would
not start at zero.
> As such, it seems
like a good idea to create two new protocols to support this.
I would like to author two new RFCs for these protocols and would like
to have a group to review them with me to make sure they are viable. I
would further like to build them into an existing open source mail
project like James. I would be willing to do the work, just need someone
to backstop me a bit.
Over at the IETF site (ietf.org) there already are some RFCs related to
calendar (iCal) and address book.
Please let me know your thoughts about this.
POP3, IMAP, SMTP are a client-server technologies, are well-defined
standards, there are many client apps supporting them and they are
related to email. as such, they fit into the James ecosystem.
i am not sure how well calendar and address book fit into it as they are
not pure email services.
if you really want to define your own protocols (instead of implementing
existing IETF standards), what clients would support them?
Bernd
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