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List:       kdepim-users
Subject:    Re: [kdepim-users] Kmail suggestions
From:       "Derek Broughton" <auspex () pointerstop ! ca>
Date:       2006-10-04 17:45:12
Message-ID: 1a732fd60610041045k368e257anc9bb7a776fec0857 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 10/4/06, Boyan Tabakov <blade.alslayer@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4.10.2006 19:28, Richard wrote:
> > > I think that an unified koffice is a really nice idea. Maybe a nice
> > > capability would be to have some sort of interface to the mail (i.e. have
> > > IMAP server support). That way the choice to use more than one mail
> > > client won't be wiped away.

But we _do_ have that now.  kontact will use an imap server if you
want.  Why would we build our _own_ IMAP server, rather than just
letting Kmail and other kontact apps use a third party one?

> > Have both, pop and imap and whatever new-er standards that my come,
> > is the key to "unified" kmail & koffice.. again a email client of today,
> > has to do it all ( there is no yesterday) and if you don't your competition
> > will.

That appears to be the plan with akonadi - though I won't hold my
breath for koffice to ever amount to much.

> I meant that that koffice should act as an IMAP server, so that other clients
> can read its mail storage.

It's needless redundancy - what could an internal IMAP server provide
that you can't already get with one that isn't part of kde-pim?
-- 
derek
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