--On Thursday, March 15, 2012 09:41 -0400 Cyrus Daboo
<cyrus@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>...
> Along those lines how about setting up an IETF IMAP server
> with mailboxes for each mailing list hosted by the IETF? That
> way anyone with a capable IMAP client (one that can separately
> download text and attachments as preferred by the user on a
> per-mailbox basis) can choose to sync the messages as they
> prefer based on their own circumstances. What is more, if
> people use the IMAP server as their main way to access to the
> mailing lists there are other big benefits: the mailboxes
> provide a comprehensive searchable archive of messages
> directly within the email client, users can subscribe with an
> option to not have list email delivered to their own account -
> that would remove the need to deliver lots of messages.
>
> Yes, this would be a fairly big infrastructure change, but
> there are significant benefits and flexibility to using IMAP
> as a shared mailing list repository.
Including the traditional argument for eating our own dog food
rather than inventing and using idiosyncratic and non-standard
solutions.
Now, if only I could find a fully-competent IMAP client with a
decent IMAP-oriented UI and support for recently-added features
(not just to IMAP but including good support for current
versions of S/MIME and OpenPGPO, certificate formats, EAI,
etc.). :-(
john