27 Nov
2002
27 Nov
'02
1:22 a.m.
Timo Sirainen wrote:
Why? Smaller chance of screwups if they don't have compatible file locking, or making authentication configuration easier? I don't think either is much of a problem though.
It makes sense to leave authentication, authorization, mailbox handling to one reliable program. Hopefully, that can be the IMAP daemon.
A POP3 gateway would need only pass along the user's credentials to the IMAP server, and have no concern about mailbox format or locations, and not worry about file locking or implementing any concurrency mechanisms.
Thoughts?
Paul C. Bryan email@pbryan.net