Re: features being retired
"Bron Gondwana via Info" <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.mail.imap.cyrus |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Thu, Aug 13, 2026, at 14:56, Ken Murchison wrote: > > On 8/13/26 2:51 PM, Marco Moock wrote: > > Am 13.08.26 um 20:47 schrieb Ricardo Signes via Info: > > > >> As the Cyrus IMAP team continues to work on our next major release, > >> we've been identifying dead code, ancient options, and features that > >> add complexity or threat area without earning their keep. Some of > >> these features will be removed without notice beyond what goes in the > >> changelogs (like xCal > >> <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6321>). I wanted to call > >> out these features, though, as *very* likely to be removed before the > >> next major release: > >> • RSS feeds > >> • NNTP > > > > Is there anyone who actually operated Cyrus as an NNTP server? > > > CMU used both NNTP and RSS for providing access to shared mailboxes > (bulletin boards) to users with email clients that couldn't access them. The "d" after use there is doing a lot of heavy lifting :) Hopefully in the year of our lord 2026, we can just say "here's a nickel kid, go get yourself a JMAP client". Bron. (Rik and I have already concluded out loud that all three people running an NNTP server are probably using INN, and yes - I personally know more people than that running INN, don't at me) -- Bron Gondwana, CEO, Fastmail Pty Ltd / Fastmail US LLC [email protected] ------------------------------------------ Cyrus: Info Permalink: https://cyrus.topicbox.com/groups/info/Ta3516f8c22a693c5-M98ba62c04779dc7064736968 Delivery options: https://cyrus.topicbox.com/groups/info/subscription