Re: [Imap-protocol] If Crispin were creating IMAP today how would it be different?

Ladar Levison <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 3/8/2015 11:13 AM, Bill Janssen wrote:
> > And let the DB guys solve the intermittent connection problems :-).
> > Oracle, for instance, has a "Mobile Server" product that synchonizes a
> > local cache on a mobile device with a remote Oracle DB, including SSL
> > encryption on the sync connection, and data compression.
> >
> 
> Bill, how much is Larry paying you?
> 
> It might be fun to submit an RFC draft that "mandates" the use of
> something like the Oracle Mobile Server. Or heck, requires everyone
> install Panagon on their machine to access their email - just to hear
> the groans. If carrier pidgeons can make it past the rfc-editor then why
> not?
> 
> :)

I did say, "for instance".  A number of different database systems
support replication, but replication for mobile is a harder problem.

I should admit: we're experimenting with new email MUA.  I wrote the
MDA to support it, and designed a custom (non-IMAP) MUA/MDA protocol to
support unique features of the MUA -- and it doesn't use database
replication.

Bill

> 
> On a slightly more serious note, Dovecot has a protocol for syncing
> message stores, but I haven't studied it closely yet.
> 
> L~
> 
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