[Gpephone-devel] Email application current status and improvement plan

[Florian Boor]

Hi,

Yu Yijun schrieb:
> Regarding Email improvement, the following is my opinion:
> 1. Since the current vmware image doesn't have Email app, it is
> difficult for the developers in the community to have a try and then
> give comments, therefore, it would be really nice if the vmware image
> can be updated with Email app installed on it (or a piece of guide on
> how to install Email into the current vmware image).

I will try to add it, it should not be too complicated.

> 2. The Email app bases on tinymail for email tranmission/account
> management, etc.  What we have modified to tinymail, and what we intend
> to modify in the future, should be merged into the tinymail mainstream.
> It is not acceptable to maintain a seperate tinymail version. therefore,
> it would be really nice to corporate with the author of tinymail to
> implement relevant functionalities.

Yes indeed - and even better: Tinymail development is really fast so it is quite
likely that most of the necessary features are available already.
It would be a good start to update the changes to become compatible with latest
Tinymail so that we can create a working patch against Tinymail SVN.

> 3. For email/mailbox local storage/management (tinymail has no current
> funcitonalities yet),  maybe we can follow JSR 266 or similar LiPS spec.

Could you explain in a few words what JSR 266 says? :)

> We can also talk to tinymail author first. Maybe he has similar plan?

That's always a good idea... and keep in mind that he sometimes implements
things faster than we all can even think about it :-)

Greetings

Florian

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