On 06/26/2018 05:09 PM, Robert Pangrazio wrote:
I’ll see if I can find my exact setup, but that doesn’t sound right. I
wasn’t deleting messages as I was able to see them from multiple devices.
I have an AWS server I use for my own projects, including CDE where I
had it set up. And since I access it through a website, why not just
access my gmail in a different tab. It was more of a proof of concept
and not really something I use all the time.
It was however, in my opinion, a bit of a hack. And if somebody wants to
put true modern email server support in that would be awesome.
I’ve been investigating html rendering for a little bit. I’ve been
trying to find the best way to integrate it into the system. I’ve looked
at including html rendering widgets like xmhtml, using chromes rendering
engine, or even including code from mosaic.
I do have a question though. I have been looking at some other email
clients and wondering if we don’t replace dtmail with them. Redo the ui
to match dtmail, but keep everything underneath the same. Is this an
approach anybody would even entertain? I’m not sure I like it, but the
thought had occurred.
That sounds problematic in terms of licensing and work (maintenance)...
That's why I was thinking to just use thunderbird, just like we will use
firefox/chrome/whatever for web browsing, rather than try to invent a
CDE web browser.
That's what I use now with a dozen or so accounts, accessed securely,
some using client certs even. :)
We could "deprecate" dtmail, and maybe eventually remove it. I just
don't see someone jumping in and giving it the love it needs to be
comparable to a modern email client. It might happen, but I wouldn't
bet any money on it.
-jon
Thanks
Robert Pangrazio
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*From:* Matthew R. Trower <d...@blackshard.net>
*Sent:* Tuesday, June 26, 2018 5:27 PM
*To:* cdesktopenv-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
*Subject:* Re: [cdesktopenv-devel] Modernization and re-tooling
Robert Pangrazio <rpangra...@gmail.com> writes:
> Also, I have used dtmail with GMail/IMAP using a local relay via
> procmail to sync it to the local mailbox. Sending was via a local
> sendmail relay. Worked great. I think the bigger issue is the lack of
> HTML support. I couldn't read a lot of my emails because of it.
My experience was that when using fetchmail (or getmail, or dtmail's
builtin IMAP), you cannot leave messages on the server. If you do, they
will be repeatedly fetched, causing much duplication. Local deletion
also does not propagate back to the server. This is not how IMAP was
intended to work; it is glorified POP.
Does this not match your experience?
Ah, HTML... yeah, as much as I try to avoid such mail, I suppose
something should be done for it...
-mrt
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