[Dovecot] Fwd: [MORG] IMAP5 List

[Timo Sirainen]

If anyone's interested, especially client developers. It's been a bit  
quiet there after the initial rush.

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> From: Randall Gellens <randy at qualcomm.com>
> Date: August 1, 2008 5:08:39 AM EDT
> To: ietf-imapext at imc.org, morg at ietf.org
> Subject: [MORG] IMAP5 List
>
> At the MORG BOF, a discussion as to if the proposed IMAP extensions  
> would merely further add to the existing problem with IMAP being too  
> hard to get right, for both clients and servers, let to a revival of  
> the "IMAP5" discussion (previous held during the IMAP EAI  
> discussions).  Here, "IMAP5" refers to a Big Switch (new port and  
> version) to distinguish this revision from current IMAP.  The goal  
> is to delete as much as possible from IMAP.
>
> A new mailing list now exists for this discussion on drastically  
> slimming-down IMAP to make it easier to implement clients and servers.
>
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> It's been observed that "most IMAP clients suck" and that it's hard  
> for both clients and servers to implement.
>
> One reason IMAP is hard to implement is that it has a lot of  
> options. Often there are several alternative ways to accomplish  
> something.  It also has considerable functionality.
>
> Is it possible and desirable to start with the current set of (IMAP  
> + all extensions) and consider subtracting as much as possible? The  
> resulting protocol would still be IMAP, but not backwards-compatible  
> with today's IMAP, since some currently-mandated items are likely to  
> be deleted.
>
> General information about the IMAP5 mailing list is at: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/imap5 
> >.
>
> You can subscribe and manage your subscription at <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/imap5 
> >.
>
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> Randall Gellens
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