Re: first pass at my earlier ideas

[Ian Campbell <ijc25 cam ac uk>]

Well, arguable a Remote mailbox does need a username password etc. But it
doesn't really matter...


On Thu, 03 Aug 2000 21:49:04 Stuart Parmenter wrote:
> BEcause a mailbox doesn't need a username, password, etc.  A server
> does.  MailboxRemote is basically there so that you can check to see if
> you are dealing with a remote mailbox and avoid doing checks for things
> like is_pop3 and is_imap so that other remote mailboxes can be added
> later.
> 
> Stuart
> 
> Ian Campbell wrote:
> > 
> > Out of curiosity...
> > 
> > Why did you put the username/passwd/host stuff into LibBalsaServer rather
than
> > LibBalsaMailboxRemote?
> > 
> > It seems that all LibBalsaMailboxRemote does is add a pointer to this
server..
> > it just seems a bit redundant to me, plus I can't override the set passwd
> > methods (I can use signals though - so it's not too bad...)
> > 
> > On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 05:32:21 Stuart Parmenter wrote:
> > > Hey guys... sorry for doing this so late.  here is the first patch in
> > > abstracting out the [LibBalsa]Server object.  This patch is pretty
> > > simple and clean and works fine for me.  Let me know if anyone has any
> > > objections to me checking this in by tomorrow please.
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > >
> > > Stuart
> 
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