[imp] IMP 6.3 features suggestions

azurIt azurit at pobox.sk
Mon Aug 11 20:15:15 UTC 2014


>Quoting azurIt <azurit at pobox.sk>:
>
>> i have some IMP 6.3 feature suggestions:
>
>IMP 7.0 will be next.  We need to get the legacy basic view code  
>removed first since it is really hamstringing development in certain  
>areas.
>
>>  - improvements for remote accounts:
>>  - - Trash folder per remote account so removed messags are not  
>> completely lost and are stored inside remote account
>>  - - Sent folder per remote account so sent messages are stored  
>> inside remote account
>>  - - support for SMTP configuration per remote account so you can  
>> also safely send e-mails from remote account
>>
>>  - tabs
>>
>>
>> What do you think?
>
>These are all items that I likely won't be working on unless someone  
>can provide funding.
>
>Note that remote accounts was designed as a way to *access* messages  
>on a remote server.  It was not designed as a full-blown MUA for that  
>server.  This was intentional, since the latter would take significant  
>refactoring of IMP.  IMP is designed to use a single "master" IMAP  
>account - i.e. the account you originally logged into.
>
>Otherwise, you need to start doing things like having separate  
>preferences for each remote account.  We don't currently support that  
>- and that is a significant change to the preferences design to support.
>
>michael



So will you reveal what is planned in 7.0 (except removing basic view)?

azur


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