Re: Imap4d problem

[Alain Magloire]

> 
> On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 02:42:00PM -0500, Alain Magloire wrote:
> 
> > 8-) 8-) 8-)
> > I do not think, you will get more then that for the imap4d server.
> > Jakob started but most, if not all, of the functions are unimplemented
> > and return ENOSYS, ENOTSUP.
> 
> Okay - I just wanted to note that the parsing should probably account for 
> this better.

Indeed.

> > The popd server should work though, It was base on the code
> > of gnu-pop3d-xxxx.  But I'm planning to take
> > gnu-pop3d-0.9.8 and reimplemente it from scratch this weekend, meaning
> > using the new mailbox as the back-end of gnu-pop3d-xxxx.
> > Or maybe taking the missing pieces from gnu-pop3d-0.9.8 to mailutils/pop3d
> 
> Will this use the new API?  I think that I've almost finished packaging 

Yes, it will and the current one is already using it. Part of it was
done by Jakob, I just filled the blanks ;-)

> mailutils for Debian.  (I'm pretty certain I have all of Sean's 
> suggestions in - I need to make it install itself in inetd.conf, and I 
> need it to conflict against other pop3d packages and that should be it)  
> After that, I'd like to begin hacking, but don't know what API to use.

The new one. We're approaching the stage where API wise things are getting
more and more stable.  One of the major thing left, is how to incorporate
cleanly search capabilities, but it is probably better to leave it for another
round.  There is also Union mailboxes, Caching mailboxes, Threading, etc ...

-- 
au revoir, alain
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