Re: Writing a GNOME mail client.

[bob kehs ksd org]

no, an exchange server would be a bad idea... a calander or a address book
server (maby even a bookmark server) would be a good thing but reinventing
the wheel is a bad thing... imap/pop works just fine so there is no reason
to make the grave mistake microsoft made when they made exchange...

On Sat, 17 Apr 1999, Philip Trickett wrote:

> Erik Bagfors wrote:
> 
> > opps...sent this message only to Miguel first.  Should have been to the list.
> > Here it is
> >
> > > * Mail storage
> > >
> > >    This will handle the handling of the mail input backend, supporting
> > >    various existing setups: imap, pop, spool mail, Mailbox, MH. We can
> > >    steal the design for the interface from GNUS.
> >
> > Please please please please.  Could we have support for disconnected imap??  I
> > have not yet found any mailprogram for unix that does support this.  Does
> > anyone know of such a thing?
> 
> Disconnected IMAP sounds wonderful, if it is available as a feature, it certainly would make my, (and alot of other peoples) life easier.
> 
> Miguel,
> 
> When you said:
> 
> being able to link the addressbook
> with corporate address book services; schedule appointments.
> 
> Does that mean that Exchange server is possibly on the list?, as the only person where I work that uses Linux full time, I could do with address book and calendar scheduling that works with everybody else in the company.
> 
> How hard would this be to implement?  Does anyone know how Exchange server implements address books and calendar synchronisation?
> 
> Just my 2 euro cents worth,
> 
> Keep up the good work,
> 
> Phil Trickett
> 
> P.S. At a later date, I would be willing to work on a couple of applications for GNOME.  What do I have in mind? Well a sychroniser / backup system for a Psion Series 5, and a project based on the gnokii software, which would allow you read/send SMS from your panel.
> 
> Sounds like a great way to get to know GNOME !!
> 
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