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

[Arup Bhanja <finetuner@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

If you are looking for a web based email interface for IMAP and POP3
accounts take a look at http://www.horde.org a comprehensive interface
in PHP that is used by MIT now.

Best
Arup Bhanja -- PHP consultant
Kolkata, INDIA.

Daniel Harris wrote:
> 
> 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