Re: [lemonade] METADATA use by Lemonade Profile Bis and suggested simplifications

Curtis King wrote:

> On 19-Dec-07, at 6:29 AM, Alexey Melnikov wrote:
>
>> ADMIN-1: It MUST be possible to provision the mobile email client,  
>> based on any combination of who the user is and what the device is.
>> ADMIN-4: Authorized principals MUST be able to configure the  
>> settings of the user preferences/filters/configurable settings for a  
>> particular user
>> ADMIN-7: It MUST be possible for a user to view, edit and reset  
>> settings of a mobile email client
>> USAB-11: The mobile email enabler MUST support:
>>     Different methods for notifying the client about new emails  
>> based on capabilities of the network
>>     The ability for the user to select the transport method based on  
>> the capabilities of the client and network (e.g. SMS, Push, MMS etc)
>>     The ability for the user to select if, when and how events are  
>> accessed by the client
>> USAB-16: Authorized principals MUST be able to select the ways that  
>> email events are sent to or accessed by the mobile email client and  
>> other email settings that may affect the server behaviour
>> USAB-28: The mobile email enabler SHOULD support activation/ 
>> deactivation of auto-reply from the client. Automatically generated  
>> replies SHOULD avoid mail loops (RFC 2821 and related RFCs)
>
> These are valid problems to solve but have nothing to-do with IMAP.

I almost agree with you. Almost, because support for virtual views is 
missing one small piece, which is storing search filters on IMAP server 
(draft-melnikov-imapext-filters-02.txt). This piece currently depends on 
per-user METADATA.

> They should be solved using an other protocol for example ACAP, LDAP  
> or LACAP. Pushing everything into IMAP is wrong and needs to stop, as  
> IMAP is coming complex enough just solving the core problem of 
> pushing  email to a mobile client.

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