Re: Partial message retrieval, the design

[Philip Van Hoof <spam pvanhoof be>]

The Python bindings have been updated.

Next on the list is implementing the message retrieval in camel-lite
itself.

I'm not yet sure when I will have this finished (this is the hard part).

ps. For POP partial message retrieval, you will have to wait even
longer.

BUT! The good news is that you can help me! Really! :)



On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 14:26 +0100, Philip Van Hoof wrote:
> The API documentation has been updated
> 
> On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 14:15 +0100, Philip Van Hoof wrote:
> > The new API for partial message retrieval, however .. not yet the
> > Camel-Lite implementation, has been committed in Subversion.
> > 
> > The API is exactly like on the UML of the wiki trac page. Please pass me
> > comments and thoughts if you see things different (else will the API be
> > the way the API is now).
> > 
> > On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 18:40 +0100, Philip Van Hoof wrote:
> > > Hi folks,
> > > 
> > > This is a first design of the upcoming partial message retrieval feature
> > > 
> > >   o. http://tinymail.org/trac/tinymail/wiki/PartialMessageRetrieval
> > > 
> > > Two new documentation pages have been added. These are about the
> > > camel-lite internals. The first is going to be important when
> > > implementing the camel-lite part of the partial message retrieval
> > > feature (which is not really shown in the design, as that part will have
> > > to blend in the existing camel infrastructure).
> > > 
> > >   o. http://tinymail.org/trac/tinymail/wiki/CamelImapMessageCache
> > >   o. http://tinymail.org/trac/tinymail/wiki/CamelFolderSummaryMmap
> > > 
> > > In short will the camel-lite API, camel_folder_get_message, be changed
> > > to have an extra bool "full" to its parameters. If that bool is FALSE
> > > then it will only fetch the body of the E-mail from the service. Else it
> > > will retrieve the entire message content (including all attachments and
> > > other mime parts). Or ... at least that is the idea.
> > > 
> > > At the tinymail part no API will be changed, only added. The API that
> > > will be added is tny_folder_set/get_msg_receive_strategy. Two types will
> > > also be added in libtinymail-camel (but check the wiki page for more
> > > information, as decisions might change things .. whereas this E-mail
> > > can't change once I press the Send button).
> > > 
> > > Comments, thoughts and everything in between (except brick throwing at
> > > my head) is very welcome. If somebody is interested in cooperating or
> > > co-developing this feature, please don't hesitate to contact me or write
> > > about your ideas and intentions on this mailing list.
> > > 
> > > 
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