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

[Thomas Koch <[e-mail]>]

Bron Gondwana:
> Snide comments from those who don't agree with the goals are welcome too...
> I just won't listen to you.  These goals are very important to me.
Hi Bron,

I'm not an expert in IMAP, just got here out of curiosity about Kolab[1]'s use 
of IMAP folders as data stores.
I found some older initiatives to replace IMAP with an HTTP based approach.[2] 
What do you think of HTTP for mail access? For my bachelor thesis[3] I 
currently argue that CardDAV/CalDAV could be perfectly replaced by AtomPub 
(RFC 5023).
The main advantage would be that most software developers on this planet have 
some vague understanding of HTTP and that imense infrastructure and software 
already exists.

[1] http://wiki.kolab.org/Why_IMAP_Is_Used_For_Storage
[2] http://www.prescod.net/rest/restmail/
    https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/httpmail
[3] https://github.com/thkoch2001/bachelor-thesis

Best regards,

Thomas Koch, http://www.koch.ro