From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/8696 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Scott Blachowicz Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: IMAP revisited Date: Sat, 09 Nov 1996 13:31:45 -0800 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: scott@statsci.com NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035148826 13803 80.91.224.250 (20 Oct 2002 21:20:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 21:20:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@ifi.uio.no Return-Path: Original-Received: (qmail 12583 invoked from smtpd); 9 Nov 1996 21:43:25 -0000 Original-Received: from ifi.uio.no (0@129.240.64.2) by deanna.miranova.com with SMTP; 9 Nov 1996 21:43:24 -0000 Original-Received: from nwnexus.wa.com (nwnexus.wa.com [192.135.191.1]) by ifi.uio.no with SMTP (8.6.11/ifi2.4) id for ; Sat, 9 Nov 1996 22:31:50 +0100 Original-Received: from main.statsci.com by nwnexus.wa.com with SMTP id AA26329 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for ); Sat, 9 Nov 1996 13:31:47 -0800 Original-Received: from statsci.com [206.63.206.4] with smtp by main.statsci.com with smtp (/\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.3 #3) id m0vML0E-0003wGC; Sat, 9 Nov 96 13:31 PST Original-To: Steinar Bang In-Reply-To: Your message of "09 Nov 1996 17:30:26 +0100." Content-Id: <20741.847575104.1@statsci.com> Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:8696 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:8696 Steinar Bang wrote: > So I'm starting today, by printing out the source for the NNTP and POP > backends, to see what they look like and what requirements a Gnus > backend has to satisfy. Are there any existing backends that... 1) deal with separate machine client/server type things. 2) do both read & writes. 3) don't have active files, etc on the server. 4) can maintain sequences/marks/etc on the server. 5) whatever I'm forgetting. BTW, I'd be interested in such a backend, too... Scott Blachowicz Ph: 206/283-8802x240 Mathsoft (Data Analysis Products Div) 1700 Westlake Ave N #500 scott@statsci.com Seattle, WA USA 98109 Scott.Blachowicz@seaslug.org