NSS Ltd writes:
In short, AOX looks to me like the sort of IMAP server that people should be considering, especially if they want an open source stack and the advantage of database backed storage on a database which can scale and supports things like online backup and replication.
I think people who want that sort of thing mostly explicitly don't want a database. So they pick dovecot, and get a hodgepodge of badly-planned index files.
Admittedly, the website has some things which make it look very dated, such as references to old version as if they were current and the fact the last release is from a few years ago. Although the GIT repository is mentioned and checking it shows recent activity, so anyone looking will see activity. Perhaps a new release (and a few page cleanups) will show it's still active ?
There is a git tree for the site, and Abhijit and I will accept patches. I suppose we could put that on github to make it easier.
Are there any major IMAP features missing? If there are some, perhaps a list to see what can be added would make sense? I'd be disappointed to give up on AOX and would rather see some updates and perhaps an announcement to HN to try and get some new interest.
The only one missing is https://developers.google.com/gmail/imap_extensions (I wish I were joking, but those extensions have wider deployment among clients than most of the IETF extensions do, perhaps wider than all except the ones gmail tell you to use).
Arnt
