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

[Dave McMurtrie <[e-mail]>]

On 2/16/12 6:44 AM, Adrien de Croy wrote:
>
>
> On 17/02/2012 12:37 a.m., Dave McMurtrie wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>
> as someone looking to add CalDAV to a mail server, wouldn't it be nice
> if you didn't have to
>
> a) write a web server
> b) write DAV extensions
> c) layer XML on top of that
> d) debug / support all of the above
>
> just to get a calendar?

Yes.

I don't view Cyrus CalDAV as a replacement for coming up with new, 
simplified protocols.  It's an attempt to provide a viable open-source 
alternative to Exchange.  In the near term, it may at best offer 
existing Cyrus sites another option if they're seeking integrated mail 
and calendar.

Dave