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

Ladar Levison <[email protected]> wrote:

> > 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?

Sorry; Xerox proprietary for the moment.  And I wouldn't call it
brilliant; I try to focus on doing simple things efficiently instead of
clever things incorrectly.  But the concept is that the MUA/MDA split is
not necessarily where things should be divided; this system is more like
the split client you see in so many Web apps, where part of it runs in
the back-end and part in the front-end.  So the protocol is about
supporting the app, rather than about email per se.

> 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.

There's always MH on top of AFS (http://www.openafs.org/)?  Has nmh
been ported to Android/iOS?

> 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...

Good luck!

Bill
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