Re: Imap Backend Propsal

On 10 Feb 2004 at 11:44, Jon Parise wrote: > On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 05:35:45PM +0100, Stefan Neufeind wrote: > > > On 10 Feb 2004 at 16:17, Richard Heyes wrote: > > > > > > > imap://user:pass@mail.yourhost.com:110/pop3/notls#INBOX > > > > > > > > > > You could even use Net_URL if you really wanted to get all the > > > > > relevant parts. > > > > > > > > Isn't having imap://host/foldername an established > > > > standard? > > > > > > There is an RFC on using URIs in this way *iirc*, but I very much > > > doubt it's a standard yet. > > > > > > > Maybe then notls could be added as an option befind the # ? And > > > > why /pop3? Or did I get something wrong? > > > > > > Yeah forget the pop3 bit. > > > > Doing a search I found these ones here. But there is no tls > > mentioned anywhere ... maybe that's up to the client's general > > configuration? > > > > > > http://community.roxen.com/developers/idocs/rfc/rfc2192.html > > I've sometimes seen imap:// and imaps:// used to differentiate between > the 'notls' and 'tls' modes. Hmm - would make sense to me. Seen similar for pop3s and ftps as well. Hmm - even RFC 2595 mentions "imaps" as well as "pop3s": http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2595.html Regards, Stefan