Re: Using Tinymail for exposing a folder through DBUS

[Philip Van Hoof <spam pvanhoof be>]

On Mon, 2007-03-05 at 13:26 +0100, Jo Vermeulen wrote:

> I am looking to export emails listed in a certain folder (e.g. a TODO
> folder) through DBUS, so a program I am developing can use it. 

Sounds like a good idea.

> I was also wondering if Tinymail can use existing Evolution accounts?

It can't reuse Evolution accounts, no. It (the framework) could be
configured to do this, but the running-code would conflict with the
running Evolution instance (therefore it's a bad idea to configure it
this way, I guess)

> It seems someone has already had the idea of using Tinymail to expose a
> DBUS service:
> 
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Tinymail
> 

> Does anyone know who edited this (and has the source code for this
> example DBUS service)?

Sorry, I don't have the POC anymore.

> Maybe the file python-demo/tinymail-python-test.py could help me out
> here as well.

That file is available in the repository (tests/python-demo).

> Any pointers are greatly appreciated!

Feel free to throw a lot questions on this mailing list, and we'll
assist you with your D-BUS & Tinymail adventures :)