On 1/26/10 9:25 AM, "Bob Allen" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Then don't talk to IMAP. Talk to POP. That's an easy standard. If you're >>> going to do IMAP, either do it right or don't do it at all. Half-assed is >>> bullshit. >> >> Both of these statements ignore that existing products don't support IMAP >> 100% correctly either. >> >> Obviously, the goal of the project is to be better than other clients, but my >> primary point is that focusing, like a laser, >> on all the details of IMAP might hamper the effort, and seems to be a >> sticking point, at least for you John. > > I would really like to see a really strong e-mail client that would do both > IMAP and POP well and that are designed from the get-go to do both well (at > least in concept) even if the initial implementations are less than perfect. Compared to IMAP, you almost COULD get a cat to write a POP client. Well, okay, a grey parrot. Slow typer, but really good algorithm design. -- John C. Welch Writer/Analyst Bynkii.com Mac and other opinions [email protected] _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list List help: http://lists.ranchero.com/listinfo.cgi/email-init-ranchero.com
