From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/70577 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ted Zlatanov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: That newfangled IMAP thing... Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:50:21 -0500 Organization: =?utf-8?B?0KLQtdC+0LTQvtGAINCX0LvQsNGC0LDQvdC+0LI=?= @ Cienfuegos Message-ID: <87hbi3jasy.fsf@lifelogs.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1283777452 10800 80.91.229.12 (6 Sep 2010 12:50:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 12:50:52 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M18952@lists.math.uh.edu Mon Sep 06 14:50:50 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Osb9u-0007MK-Aa for ding-account@gmane.org; Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:50:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Osb9m-0001ra-QD; Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:50:42 -0500 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Osb9l-0001rF-B4 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:50:41 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Osb9g-00054R-Sv for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:50:41 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Osb9g-0002RR-00 for ; Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:50:36 +0200 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Osb9e-0007B5-9A for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:50:34 +0200 Original-Received: from c-24-14-16-248.hsd1.il.comcast.net ([24.14.16.248]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:50:34 +0200 Original-Received: from tzz by c-24-14-16-248.hsd1.il.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:50:34 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 22 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-24-14-16-248.hsd1.il.comcast.net X-Face: bd.DQ~'29fIs`T_%O%C\g%6jW)yi[zuz6;d4V0`@y-~$#3P_Ng{@m+e4o<4P'#(_GJQ%TT= D}[Ep*b!\e,fBZ'j_+#"Ps?s2!4H2-Y"sx" User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:bwtkpO+1z2cnnLeu/ASjVTVyKB8= X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:70577 Archived-At: On Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:59:25 +0200 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen wrote: LMI> Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes: >> I have to say that I find the nnimap/imap code slightly opaque... >> things just seem to... happen. LMI> It's really complicated code, especially the things that deal with the LMI> network connection and filters and stuff, which just seems kinda LMI> unnecessary. I mean, the protocol is dead simple. You issue a LMI> (numbered) command, and you get a (numbered) response. LMI> At this point I feel I would have gotten further if I had just started LMI> from scratch and written a new set of primitives. LMI> This may not be totally compatible with the old version, but does LMI> anybody mind? I think it's a good direction. The body structure and encapsulation commands will drive you insane, though. That portion of the RFC was designed to inflict mental pain. Ted