If you were working on a Zend Framework application, and if you were writing a simple script to log into an IMAP email account, fetch messages, iterate through them finding ones matching particular criteria, do something with the information in each of those messages, delete the message, and call it a day... And if you found that Zend_Mail_Storage_Imap has a flawed implementation of removeMessage(), because it sends an EXPUNGE command on every invocation and thereby screws up the class' ArrayAccess implementation by disrupting the mapping between message numbers and messages... then what would you do?
One option that occurs to me is to extend Zend_Mail_Storage_Imap and override the parts that are giving me grief. But.... is that sound practice? Another option: write it in another language entirely. I happen to speak Perl. Anybody want to recommend a mature IMAP client module? Another option: seize the opportunity to write it in some language I don't know, being an ADD-afflicted sort who I loves running off on tangents... Ruby? Python? Any other suggestions? -- David Mintz http://davidmintz.org/ The subtle source is clear and bright The tributary streams flow through the darkness
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