[horde] Remote Servers

[Michael M Slusarz]

Quoting Simon Brereton <simon.brereton at buongiorno.com>:

> On 1 November 2011 18:14, Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org> wrote:
>> Quoting Simon Brereton <simon.brereton at buongiorno.com>:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I was led to believe that the remote servers option in the horde portal
>>> options would allow us to pull mail from other servers (POP or IMAP), but
>>> that doesn't seem to be the case.  Is this functionality available  
>>> in Horde?
>>>  I couldn't find anything on horde.org or the help.
>>>
>>> Ideally the user is able to add an email and password and options like use
>>> SSL and leave on server/imap - and then mail is pulled in, or at least you
>>> have the option to switch between different accounts (like TB or  
>>> Evolution).
>>
>> http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/8077
>
>
> So what is the remote severs preference for then?  If it's an
> incomplete feature, surely it should be removed/hidden?

This has nothing to do with IMP or the above bug.  Honestly, somebody  
more familiar with this code will have to explain it because the  
documentation is particularly vague.

> Not that we're in a position to fund it, but it would be nice to know
> what the ballpark would be - perhaps we could contribute.

For IMP multi-server access?  I would think at least 30-50 developer hours.

michael

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Michael Slusarz [slusarz at horde.org]