Re: [imap5] Designing a new replacement protocol for IMAP

[Dave McMurtrie <[e-mail]>]

On 2/16/12 4:59 AM, Adrien de Croy wrote:
>
>
> On 16/02/2012 10:07 p.m., Michel Sébastien wrote:
>>> On 16/02/2012 1:26 p.m., Brandon Long wrote:
>>>> This is the second time I've heard about concern that proxies would
>>>> break access to my mail data over http.
>>> layering other protocols over HTTP is currently an arms-race between
>>> client-software developers who want to do this, and proxy developers
>>> who want to provide the tools their customers (sys admins) ask for to
>>> allow them to prevent it.
>>>
>>> the harder it gets to block something intelligently, the more likely
>>> admins will resort to over-blocking. We see it every day.
>>>
>>> Developing a new protocol for mail designed ONLY to layer over HTTP
>>> is therefore extremely foolhardy. Sure by all means have options.
>> I'm not really convinced, does it means that CalDAV and CardDAV are on
>> the wrong way ? I think not, even if they are not supported by all
>> mobile platforms
>
> well, deploying CalDAV to a corporate environment has all sorts of
> issues. You want to run your CalDAV server on a computer running a web
> server? Port conflict. Or you need to wedge it into your web server
> somehow.

The Cyrus Project aims to include CalDAV support as part of the Cyrus 
IMAP server, which would make CalDAV deployment much simpler for any 
sites that are already running Cyrus.

Dave