On 03/26/2013 04:45 AM, Matt Richardson wrote: > Hi Jan > > I am currently writing an email client for Ubuntu Phone and I'd love to > work with you on this. > So far I have been using VMime to send emails over SMTP and receive via > POP3/IMAP, but it would be great to work with a mature project like Tojita. > > My only concern is that I emailed you in February last year, asking > about the potential to use Trojita on Ubuntu tablets (before the > announcement of Ubuntu Touch) and was told that whilst a touch-friendly > interface was on the todo list, POP3 support would not be added. > > You did say, however, that you would be wiling to accept patches for > POP3 support if the contributor was also willing to maintain the patch. > At the time I was not capable of doing so but I would be willing to look > into it again now. > > I definitely would like to discuss the idea further > > Thanks, > Matt > > > On 25/03/13 13:18, Jan Kundrát wrote: >> Hi, >> I've read a couple of new items and some discussion about choosing the >> e-mail client for Ubuntu Phone. Have you evaluated Trojita [1] already? >> >> Trojita has been around since 2006. We joined KDE in late 2012, but >> the application does not require anything besides Qt. It supports both >> Qt4 and Qt5 builds, has a decent test coverage and -- as I have been >> told by users -- is extremely fast. The main focus is on the desktop >> version, but a MeeGo Harmattan port exists (albeit with a reduced >> functionality) and a Blackberry version is in the works. For some >> interesting metrics about the development, number of contributors, >> annual growth etc, please see the Ohloh page [2]. >> >> If you are interested, we can talk either here, on the Trojita's >> mailing list, or on our IRC channel. >> >> With kind regards, >> Jan >> >> [1] http://trojita.flaska.net/ >> [2] https://www.ohloh.net/p/trojita >> > >
While POP3 is a nice feature to have, I don't think it's necessarily a requirement. IMAP is a requirement, and should have priority. The big question for me is: Can we re-use the backend of Trojita, while building a custom front-end using the Ubuntu SDK's QML components? Michael Hall [email protected] -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
