diff options
author | Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua> | 2003-03-14 14:28:47 +0000 |
---|---|---|
committer | Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua> | 2003-03-14 14:28:47 +0000 |
commit | bb5c8d240b708efa81f84a73dc6feb47316b0927 (patch) | |
tree | f7a05ced2bfcc287606febdf9027a82af91004d8 /TODO | |
parent | 0cd21037f6b4b7f7ec9793efb5d26fe1a6409ff4 (diff) | |
download | mailutils-bb5c8d240b708efa81f84a73dc6feb47316b0927.tar.gz mailutils-bb5c8d240b708efa81f84a73dc6feb47316b0927.tar.bz2 |
Reformatted in Emacs outline mode
Diffstat (limited to 'TODO')
-rw-r--r-- | TODO | 202 |
1 files changed, 89 insertions, 113 deletions
@@ -1,172 +1,148 @@ -+ --> fixed/done -- --> pending -= --> on hold -* --> in progress -[docs] +* Documentation -[mailbox or mailbox2] +* mailbox -IMPORTANT: - There is currently a rewrite of the mailbox called mailbox2 to address - some of the flaws of the old version. +** Generic search interface -- generalized search interface +** Maildir support -[mail.local] +** iterator_t is very ineffective. Traversing the list from iterator_first() +till iterator_is_done() takes O(n*(n+1)/2) time units, where n is +number of elements in the list. To reduce this to O(n), iterator_t +must keep the address of the last visited item in the list. -- can it append to an imap mailbox? +** Locking -[pop3] +*** Implement a read/write locker_lock() flag so that when MU_LOCKER_WRONLY +is set in the locker flags, only write locks actually lock the file, +read locks don't do anything. -- pop3d_readline - should this use select(), avoid the race condition, - and touch the lockfile in time intervals smaller than - MU_LOCKER_EXPIRE_TIME? +*** implement mailbox_lock() and mailbox_unlock() shortcut functions. -[imap4d] +*** what kind of locking should mh use? See FIXME in mbx_mh.c -- support of mailspools in user home directory, particularly when - they are in maildir format (I think qmail does this). +*** why does mimetest fail on a symlink, but suceed on a dotlocked file? -- Check interaction with various imap clients. Currently tested with: - mail (from mailutils itself), mutt, pine, netscape, mozilla. +*** implement a force unlock mode... so that when a mailbox +is closed or destroyed it can make sure that the lock +is definitely gone. -- Better support of multi-access mailbox +** argcv.c should unescape strings as well as unquote them -- implement charsets in search: 1 SEARCH CHARSET ISO-8859-2 TEXT ... +** write a fnmatch() that doesn't respect [] -- implement AUTHENTICATE KERBEROS_V4 and SKEY and CRAM-MD5 and SRP? +** select needed -[mail] +** mailboxes don't remember whether or not they've been opened -- Add support for /etc/mailcap. +** print errors to a debug object, by default -[mailbox] +** does IMAP do an EXAMINE instead of a select if the mailbox is being +opened readonly? Does list return whether a mailbox is readonly? +Check against CMUs anon server, it is a read-only mailbox. -- iterator_t is very ineffective. Traversing the list from iterator_first() - till iterator_is_done() takes O(n*(n+1)/2), where n is number of elements - in the list. To reduce this to O(n), iterator_t must keep the address - of the last visited item in the list. +** mu_cpystr - the size_t* size outputs only give strlen(), not the +actual length? -- locking: +** need code to find a "real" envelope from... an actual email address +that DSNs can be sent to. - - implement a read/write locker_lock() flag so that when MU_LOCKER_WRONLY - is set in the locker flags, only write locks actually lock the file, - read locks don't do anything. +** need to be able to map some addresses (like mail to "root") to a +user for the box, a la nullmailer, perhaps - - implement mailbox_lock() and mailbox_unlock() shortcut functions. +** mailer_t: the SMTP mailer isn't as fully implemented as the sendmail +mailer. - - what kind of locking should mh use? See FIXME in mbx_mh.c +** make the smtp mailer calls usable standalone, as well as url based, +and use them in mail.remote. - - why does mimetest fail on a symlink, but suceed on a dotlocked file? +** header_get_value() returns the newline? - - implement a force unlock mode... so that when a mailbox - is closed or destroyed it can make sure that the lock - is definitely gone. +** implement a header_field_unfold()? -- lib/argcv.c should unescape strings as well as unquote them +** pipe_open_stream() - implemented with popen() -- write a fnmatch() that doesn't respect [] +** support AUTH=anonymous (imap://cyrus.andrew.cmu.edu/archive.info-cyrus) -- select needed +* pop3 -- mailboxes don't remember whether or not they've been opened +** pop3d_readline - should this use select(), avoid the race condition, +and touch the lockfile in time intervals smaller than MU_LOCKER_EXPIRE_TIME? -- print errors to a debug object, by default +* imap4d -- does IMAP do an EXAMINE instead of a select if the mailbox is being - opened readonly? Does list return whether a mailbox is readonly? - Check against CMUs anon server, it is a read-only mailbox. +** Check interaction with various imap clients. Currently tested with: +mail (from mailutils itself), mutt, pine, netscape, mozilla. -- mu_cpystr - the size_t* size outputs only give strlen(), not the - actual length? +** Better support of multi-access mailbox -- finish mh mailbox support (they don't have a folder yet) +** implement charsets in search: 1 SEARCH CHARSET ISO-8859-2 TEXT ... -- need code to find a "real" envelope from... an actual email address - that DSNs can be sent to. +** implement AUTHENTICATE KERBEROS_V4 and SKEY and CRAM-MD5 and SRP? -- need to be able to map some addresses (like mail to "root") to a - user for the box, a la nullmailer, perhaps +* mail -- mailer_t: the SMTP mailer isn't as fully implemented as the sendmail - mailer. +** Add support for /etc/mailcap -- make the smtp mailer calls useable standalone, as well as url based, - and use them in mail.remote. +* Mailcap API -- header_get_value() returns the newline? +The framework is implemented. Needs extensive testing. -- implement a header_field_unfold()? +* Mime.types API -- pipe_open_stream() - implemented with popen() +* libmuauth -+ Configuration API +** First argument to mu_auth_fp (and second one to mu_auth_runlist) should +be struct mu_auth_data ** instead of void *. -- Mailcap API +* examples -- Mime.types API +** unify the mbox-* and mimetest examples with messages, it would be nice +to have a general purpose tool -+ A ticket file format allowing specification of different authentication - information for different mailboxes. +* mh -- see mh/TODO -- imap4 client login referals +* sieve -- imap4 client mailbox referals +** Implement boolean shortcut evaluation for `allof' and `anyof' -- Maildir mailbox support +** uid isn't good to identify messages, use message-id? -+ support AUTH=anonymous (imap://cyrus.andrew.cmu.edu/archive.info-cyrus) +** run as daemon, sieveing mail on arrival (need interface for notification +of message arrival, this is supported by imap, but we'll have to fake +for pop and local spools my polling, why can't you select() on a unix +file?) -[libmuauth] +NOTE: Do we need it? mail.local already provides this functionality. -- First argument to mu_auth_fp (and second one to mu_auth_runlist) should - be struct mu_auth_data ** instead of void *. +* utilities -[examples] +** forward only MTA, nullmailer like, but accepting SMTP on 25 from localhost -- unify the mbox-* and mimetest examples with messages, it would be nice - to have a general purpose tool +** utility to move all mail from one mailbox to another, like mbox to +IMAP, preserving all flags that are possible. can sieve do this, or do +I need a mbox-copy() utility? -[mh] +** file viewer, based on the mimetypes api. I want to do a "v foo.blah", +have it look up .blah in mime.types, and do the action spec'ed in mailcap. -- see mh/TODO +** all -[sieve] +* add nightly build -- Implement boolean shortcut evaluation for `allof' and `anyof' +* add more features -- uid isn't good to identify messages, use message-id? +* optimize everything -- run as daemon, sieveing mail on arrival (need interface for notification - of message arrival, this is supported by imap, but we'll have to fake - for pop and local spools my polling, why can't you select() on a unix - file?) - Do we need it? mail.local already provides this functionality. +* test everything -[utilities] +* util_strcasestr() from mail/util.c provides the same functionality +as i_ascii_casemap_contains() from libsieve/comparator. Merge both +versions. -- forward only MTA, nullmailer like, but accepting SMTP on 25 from localhost - -- utility to move all mail from one mailbox to another, like mbox to - IMAP, preserving all flags that are possible. can sieve do this, or do - I need a mbox-copy() utility? - -- file viewer, based on the mimetypes api. I want to do a "v foo.blah", - have it look up .blah in mime.types, and do the action spec'ed in mailcap. - -[all] - -- add nightly build - -- add more features - -- optimize everything - -- test everything - -+ add imap server code (JB && Shaleh Oct 11/99) - -- util_strcasestr() from mail/util.c provides the same functionality - as i_ascii_casemap_contains() from libsieve/comparator. Merge both - versions. + +Local variables: +mode: outline +paragraph-separate: "[ ]*$" +end: |