Re: [Imap-protocol] Tutorial creating a tiny new IMAPv4 server

Pete Maclean <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.mail.imap.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Jesus,

On 5 June 2011, I posted to this mailing list a 
brief "top ten tips for writing an IMAP server" 
based on my experience.  The subject was "Where 
to start?"  You might like to look in the 
archives for it.  I just reviewed it and would 
change only one thing:  in tip #3 I discussed 
choosing a hierarchy character and my advice 
today would be narrower, suggesting sticking with 
one of the two commonest, slash and dot.

Pete Maclean

At 04:33 PM 11/29/2012, you wrote:
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>Hi, everybody. I developed a LMTP+POP3 server many years ago, and I
>always considered interesting to create an IMAPv4 server too. I read
>all the RFCs, I subscribed to several mailing lists, I examine gmail
>imap4 traffic, etc., for years. I think IMAPv4 protocol is complex and
>has tons of subtleties and I find a lot of stuff unspecified and known
>only by folklore and experience (and pain :).
>
>I wonder if there is out there any kind of "implement this first",
>"beware this apparent trivial thing", "don't forget to consider this
>apparent unimportant stuff".
>
>Help? Advice? Curiosity?. Beside the "DON'T!!!!" :-).
>
>PS: I think I have even exchanged some emails with Mark Crispin years
>ago, and always pays a lot of attention to his writings here. You are
>a lighthouse in Internet, guy. I will miss your prose and experience.
>
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