Re: [Evolution] Perhaps we should keep a list of IMAP/POP servers that we know Evolution works well with.

[Miles Lane <miles megapathdsl net>]

On Sat, 2001-11-17 at 17:14, Eelco van Beek wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We've created a database based mail package called Dbmail
> (www.dbmail.org). Both pop server and imap server in this package are
> fully compatible with evolution. Although i must say that evolution has
> a few weirdnesses in handling a session with the imap server (for
> example the way evolution fetches headers). If these weirdnesses are
> gone evolution will be even more stable and a lot faster (well, for sure
> if you use imap).

I would be delighted if you would take the time to itemize these
problems and document the changes that would be needed to yield 
the improvement in performance and interoperability you foresee.

> It might be an idea to work together on integrating evolution with
> dbmail. We could add features for shared calenders; server based
> addressbooks.. stuff like that. 

I know that support for IMAP server hosted calendars is planned
once the specification is finished and has become an approved
standard.  Work on this support probably won't begin until the
standard is approved.  This is important, because we want 
Evolution's implementation to work with everyone else's.

I can't speak for the Evolution team in regards to integration
with dbmail, but my personal opinion is that this might be an 
interesting project if it could be pursued in such a way that
the products did not need to be bundled together.  Also, the 
integration would need to not interfere with interoperability 
with other servers.

Cheers,
        Miles