Rick, > From the ritlabs website it seems that this was in progress at one > point although most of the plugins listed were either pointless or are > gone. The plugin schema is worth revisiting
Plugins seem like a good idea in theory, and many email providers have tried them. If you put up an sdk and let users do plugins, you have problems with maintaining compatibility, and unpaid user programmers might be lacking in commitment to quality. Doing the plugins in house means that providing large features like nntp support are twice the work, because you must do the feature work and the plugin interface work. It ends up being more cost effective to simply put everything into the program. I suspect. But you are right, TB is now over 11 mb on the hoof. Agent is about the same. Mulberry and Poco are in the 9ish range. Becky, Eudora, and Pegasus are 2ish. I suspect that the universal trouble that email client providers have had with Imap means that much of TB's size is dedicated to getting Imap right. How much larger should it grow? -- Gleason Using 3.98.3 on Windows XP, 5.1, Build 2600. IMAP email provider is Fastmail, which uses Cyrus server software. ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.98.03 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
