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

[Eelco van Beek <eelco ic-s nl>]

Hi,

On Sun, 2001-11-18 at 02:49, Miles Lane wrote:
> 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.

I've cc-ed this message to the imap developer of dbmail.

> > 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.

Well, indeed it would be a possibility to use imap for storing a
calendar. But it won't provide real calendar sharing, which involves
user/rights management. I have no idea if there's a standard on shared
calendars / addressbooks. We could create an XML DTD for this kind of
communication.

If anybody got any thoughts about this, please let me know.

Best regards,

Eelco