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[jtaskine@hit.fi]

On Wed, 23 May 2001, Chuck Hagenbuch wrote:

>Quoting Egan <egan@sevenkings.net>:
>
>> Although we can maintain limited state information with PHP4 sessions,
>> PHP4 still provides no method of keeping a TCP socket open to the IMAP
>> server between browser requests.
>
>Right. I should have been more specific; I didn't remember anyone talking about
>using php4 sessions to do this. Everything else I do remember, at least
>vaguely. :)
>
>> Develop a client-server IMAP proxy, based on the echo client-server
>> described in Stevens' UNIX Network Programming, Volume 1.  As Stevens
>> said, his example could be the foundation for any TCP client-server,
>> all you need to add is the code needed for handling your application
>> data.
>
>I think Anil actually started on a generic IMAP proxy that'd fill this role for
>IMP - how's that going, Anil?
>

I think SRM would be the thing to use here.
If Anil (or someone else) is interested in writing a IMAP module for it I
will gladly help. But if he already has written such beast, nevermind. :)

http://www.vl-srm.net/

--Jani