From: Park Heesob <phasis68@...>
Date: 2006-10-21T12:39:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Writing IMAP->GMail proxy... Where to go for IMAP RFC help?


Hi,

>From: Jon Fi <exabrial@gmail.com>
>Reply-To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
>To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org (ruby-talk ML)
>Subject: Writing IMAP->GMail proxy... Where to go for IMAP RFC help?
>Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 11:02:03 +0900
>
>Hey everyone, this is only a partial ruby question... I discovered a
>gmail library on RubyForge ... I was like, why hasn't anyone written an
>IMAP proxy for GMail yet?
>
>In just one day, I've implemented LOGIN, LOGOUT, NOOP(tehehe), and
>LIST(partially). That being said, does anyone here actually understand
>the IMAP commands well enough the could help out?
>
>I'm reading the RFC and packet-sniffing the connection on my mail
>client, but there's a few commands, FETCH, and UID that i'm having
>trouble figuring out what the heck they do.
>
>Can anyone point me to an IMAP command tutorial or lend me some help
>explaining the syntax of a couple of commands? Writing a IMAP server is
>pretty poopy.
>
If you know python, iGmail :: An IMAPv4 gateway to 
Gmail(http://www.butterfat.net/igmail/) may help you.

Regards,

Park Heesob

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