Re: db-backed mail back end

[Jorge Godoy <godoy@conectiva.com>]

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Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Jorge Godoy <godoy@conectiva.com> writes:
>
>> How about implementing a better LDAP support before? Such as using it
>> for splitting rules, scoring, etc.? 
>
> How do you envision using LDAP for that?

Something like we have for BBDB, but without using BBDB. ;-)

Oversimplifying things:

   * Gnus parses message headers 

   * Finds the, e.g., From: line (or any other configurable header /
     pattern) 

   * Looks at the LDAP database for an entry with that address

   * Split the message to the correct folder (or /dev/null ;-)) 

   * After writing the message there, before/after updating the
     indices that exists there, Gnus looks for some score information
     and also update it to the correct file (if needed or if this
     information is not in the LDAP server)

   
If the user uses some auto-scoring capability, the information is sent
back to the LDAP server only when the user exits the folder, to
improve performance talking to and writing at the LDAP server.


Depending on the schema created, topic and group info could also be
stored at the LDAP server.


Messages could be used with any backend, since these and the LDAP
server are used for different purpose.


See you,
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