Hello, I tried writing my own file handler for storing files on an IMAP server but it was not as easy as I had hoped. Can anyone offer insight on adding an IMAP handler to Tramp? I plan to use the Gnus imap.el and nnimap.el packages to speak the IMAP protocol to the IMAP server. There is no single Tramp example package, but tramp-smb.el seems to be closest in that it implements almost all the functionality it needs internally.
I also plan to add LDAP as a method at a later point, if the IMAP storage goes well. All this will actually go in the Gnus CVS repository, since that's where it will be used for things like shared newsrc.el/score/kill files. But it could go in the Tramp CVS if that's what people want. So my questions are: - should I use Tramp, or will there be no appreciable benefit compared to writing my own file handler from scratch? - is there an example in the manual on adding a new external Tramp method? - has anything like this been done before? I assume not, based on Googling and asking around. - is tramp-smb.el the right place to start? Thanks Ted _______________________________________________ Tramp-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/tramp-devel
