Re: [kDev] some quick questions on the tools plan.

[Daniel Harris <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dave and All,

On Sunday, May 11, 2003, at 09:55  pm, Dave Cridland [Home] wrote:
> I've built forum systems out of most things - databases, flat file
> systems, and all sorts. By far the easiest and most scalable was using
> IMAP.

I really like the idea of IMAP because I use it extensively and love 
it. We need to clarify how it's used. As a user I'd love to have an 
IMAP interface into Kendra based discussions. But are you saying use 
IMAP as a data store the the messages too? Hmmm... I'd like *all* data 
to be stored in our Kendra data cloud of inter connected objects thingy 
- let's call it kendraBase. And kendraTools provide an interface to 
kendraBase. And so, in my thinking we'd then have an kendraTool 
behaving like an IMAP server. Could we do that?

I also like IMAP because it means we could have a process checking an 
IMAP inbox on a different server for incoming discussion mail to then 
be processed/distributed. This isn't as slick as a process dealing with 
mails as they come in, on the same server, but I really like 
distributed processes as much as possible. Comments?

> Let me know the feature-set,

Work with me on this. I'm not sure what language you need this in but 
here's my first thoughts:

A user can make a comment on any object in kendraBase. This comment and 
subsequent comments can be viewed as a webpage in bulletin board 
styley. So, we need a web interface for postings comments. Users can 
also participate via email. Not just getting notification and then 
having to go to the website but by being able to just hit reply on 
their email client - just like yahoo.

Users can choose to have digest or single mode and they can apply these 
preferences to all emails coming from Kendra. So, a user could get one 
email a month with newsletters, forum discussions of their subscr!bed 
threads, etc.

Need to able to monitor bounces too - just like yahoo.

> and I'll knock something together.

Cool. Let's continue spec'ing...

Cheers Daniel