BTW IMAP4v1 http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2060.txt is a complex protocol. Implementing IMAP on James may sound glamorous but it is *very* complicated. I'm not trying to put people off, just to make sure you make an informed choice.
You may note from the proposals directory that Darrell has provided a complete IMAP stack that works, so there is no protocol work to do. However you do need to be aware of the protocol so you understand what the stack is telling you. What we need to do now is marry it up with the main James code. -- Jason > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Webb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 02 June 2005 14:32 > To: 'James Developers List' > Subject: Summer of code - IMAP > > If you are interested in the IMAP work you'll need to do the following: > 1) Get yourself a decent IDE. I use IntelliJ (a commercial product) but > most > people use Eclipse. > > 2) Check out the source from SVN: > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/james/server/branches/imap-dev > > 3) Compile and have a play :) > > 4) Look at proposals/IMAP2, particularly JamesImapHost,InMemoryStore and > ImapMailbox > > 5) Compare and contrast this (InMemoryStore) with AvalonMailRepository in > the main code tree. > > Also as the IMAP code is complex I'd recommend you thoroughly understand > who > the POP3 server works right from how it is initialised to how it returns > messages. > > I plan to commit my changes to at least give a working IMAP server to > start > with. > > We are aiming for a system whereby we are backwards compatible with any > current James file mail stores no matter how they are implemented. > > If you still feel you are up to the task then I'll attempt to put a more > constructive email together. > > -- Jason > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
