On Fri, 3 Dec 2010 10:50:58 -0500, Gary Mort wrote: > After looking through the IMAP code, I am wondering why RoundCube > uses > it's own homegrown IMAP code rather than the IMAP extension that is > built into PHP 5. > > The current IMAP extension fully supports all the forms of > authentication supported by the current code, as well as additional > ones such as GSSAPI[for example,the pubkey/kerebos token question > earlier]. As such, if RoundCube has moved to PHP5 only, it would > make sense to move the the IMAP extension.
PHP's IMAP module based on c-client library is few times slower than custom implementation. It also doesn't support some useful IMAP extensions. -- Aleksander 'A.L.E.C' Machniak http://alec.pl LAN Management System Developer http://lms.org.pl Roundcube Webmail Project Developer http://roundcube.net _______________________________________________ List info: http://lists.roundcube.net/dev/ BT/8f4f07cd
