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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: Fwd & Re: KMail Development
From:       Don Sanders <dsanders () cch ! com ! au>
Date:       2000-01-31 21:39:44
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On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Stefan Taferner wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, John wrote:
> > Stefan,
> >   I do not know if this is the right way to do this, but here goes...
> >
> > I have not contributed to KDE development before. But I do run the latest
> > (within a few days) snapshot version of KDE2. I am an accomplished C++
> > programmer and have worked on other GNU software.  I feel I can make a
> > valuable contribution to the the developement of Kmail.
> >
> > I wrote a product called "Jaun Mail" an all java based mail client, and so
> > I know the RFC's pretty well.  I have dug into the Kmail code, and think I
> > understand pretty well what is going on.  I have not found anywhere that
> > states what projects are currently being worked on and how to participate,
> > and I do not want to duplicate work already in progress.
> >
> > So I am offering my help to Kmail project. Let me know what I can do.
> 
> John, please subscribe to kmail@kde.org.
> This is the place where kmail developers meet.
> 
> For all the others: any input on what John could work?
> I mean besides fixing bugs and making kmail more stable ;-)

I feel the following are the most desirable features that need to be
implemented (pretty much in order):

Background downloading of messages, improved addressbook with support for
groups, IMAP support, Search Dialog, and support for showing a tree of messages
instead of just a list.

I'm handling background downloading of messages and an improved addressbook. 

BFN,
Don.

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