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

Ladar Levison <[email protected]> Wed, 11 Mar 2015 11:39:00 -0500

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On 3/11/2015 11:24 AM, Bill Janssen wrote:
> I did say, "for instance".  A number of different database systems
> support replication, but replication for mobile is a harder problem.

Very true. As I recall Microsoft also has a DB replication/sync
framework that is supposed to work well over unreliable/slow network
links. I've never put their claims to the test though.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sync/bb736753.aspx

> 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.

Link? Or you keeping this piece of brilliance all to yourself?

I'm still looking for inspiration on my protocol design effort. I know
how to handle most of the functionality, but I'm still wrestling with
how to sync an encrypted binary file back to the server in a way that is
safe, and not overly complex... So when I hear "replication" I start to
think you may have the answer I'm looking for.

Of course before I worry about that problem I still need to decide which
scheme I'm going with. Lately I've been leaning towards sticking with a
line based protocol, aka, IMAP, but having it to send/receive JSON
objects...

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