Re: [Evolution] BURL in Evolution

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

> I understand the use case, but I think they put it in the wrong
> protocol. It should have been placed in the IMAP protocol. You have
> the benefit of referencing mails, but no intermixing of SMTP and
> IMAP, or authentication complexities.

It sort of is in IMAP;  on the backend the IMAP server must support
URLAUTH [RFC4467] on top of IMAP URLS [RFC2192].

It gets thorny at: """Specifically, thisrequires that the submit server
implement a configuration that uses STARTTLS followed by SASL PLAIN
[SASL-PLAIN] to authenticate to the IMAP server. .... Specifically,
this requires that the submit server implement a configuration that
uses STARTTLS followed by SASL PLAIN [SASL-PLAIN] to authenticate to
the IMAP server."""

Overall I was excited when I discovered IMAP URLS - HOW HANDY! - but
even then the authentication bit becomes such a pain that throwing some
kind of HTTP proxy in front of the IMAP server is still easier. :(

> In fact, some IMAP servers already support IMAP sending through a
> "magic Outbox folder".

Agree; there does seem to be a simpler way that doesn't require the
boundary ripping.