Hi Robert, and who would want that sort of feature, when he can have imap? RSS/Atom is more for webapps, which want to inform a user of site updates.
This was only invented because there is no such feature as imap there... kind regards Juergen > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: robert burrell donkin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Samstag, 27. Januar 2007 12:37 > An: James Developers List; Serge Knystautas > Betreff: RESTful email [WAS Re: MailboxManager API and session > orientation was: Jsieve Configuration] > > On 1/25/07, Serge Knystautas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 1/24/07, robert burrell donkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > On 1/23/07, Serge Knystautas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > I would suggest looking briefly at the raw IMAP protocol. It makes > > > > the protocol nasty, but every command gets a unique token so that > > > > requests and responses are asynchronous. I would presume this is > why > > > > someone like Andy will question the larger scalability of the > protocol > > > > given its complexity and how the asynchronous nature of rich email > is > > > > built right into the protocol instead of having the client create > > > > multiple HTTP connections in a REST style. > > > > > > not just Andy :-) > > > > > > there are quite a few of us, now... > > > > > > IMAP is broken. a new RESTful protocol is needed. > > > > > > an advanced server capable of supporting both a next generation > > > protocol and IMAP would be very cool > > > > Yes, but... my company's new IMAP server provider supports the IDLE > > command, so I get alerted immediately when a new email arrives > > (http://email.about.com/od/emailbehindthescenes/g/imap_idle.htm). I > > did a test from my gmail account last night... I swear 0.2 seconds > > after I clicked "send", Thunderbird dinged and showed the newly > > arrived message. I almost thought it was an error message as I had > > barely started moving my hand away from the keyboard. > > > > Ok, so it's not the killer app for email, but you would lose features > > like that if you moved to a RESTful protocol AFAICT. > > yes, you'd lose server push but a web feed (RSS or atom) for email > would work adequately. it would also allow email to be more easily > federated. > > - robert > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > !EXCUBATOR:1,45bb396239413124693792! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]