Re: JavaMail 1.4 Draft is out

[Chris Burdess]

Regier Avery J wrote:
> The JavaMail 1.4 public draft is out and soliciting comments until
> September 6th.  With the Sun code that is required in earlier versions
> and the problems this list has seen with it, it would behoove someone
> who cares to go over the new spec and make sure such problems are fixed
> in this new version.

The changes are relatively straightforward and I shall be incorporating  
them into GNU JavaMail as soon as they have been signed off.

The problems we've encountered in the past have really been down to end  
users choosing to use Sun provider code explicitly and wondering why  
their app doesn't work with the GNU providers. This new draft moves  
IMAP quota handling into the API instead of being provider-specific,  
which will help to solve one of those problems. The other main issue  
(IMAP ACLs) is not addressed by the draft, and the situation regarding  
them is unlikely to change; cf

   
http://archives.java.sun.com/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0507&L=javamail- 
interest&F=&S=&P=6595

Note that API clients will need to modify their code in order to solve  
the quota issue.
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Chris Burdess