On Fri, 21 Dec 2007, Rob Banz might have said: > > On Dec 20, 2007, at 02:24, Gabriele Bulfon wrote: > > > Hello, > > I would like to know if there is some way of plugging into the > > system with custom agents to be notified of any event happening on > > the imap server. > > For example, I would like some code of mine to be called when new > > messages are: written into mailboxes, deleted from mailboxes, > > modified etc. etc. > > > > The main reason for this is to implement a synchronization code. > > We're using the cyrus imap server not only for mails but also for > > other informations stored as attachments into emails (agenda events, > > contacts and others) into specific folders, and these objects are > > handled by client softwares. > > It would be great to be able to implement our servers with add on > > software of ours being able to intercept objects modifications and > > mantain event synchronization informations (for example to deliver > > the same data to mobile devices). > > > > Thanx for any help > > Gabriele Bulfon. > > > > Let me just say that I think this approach is a really bad idea. Not > only because Cyrus has no built-in API to handle this in the way > you're thinking, but it will simply create the same problem we have > with all of these "integrated suites" such as Zimbra, Exchange, and > OCS, by tying the implementation of the mail message store to the > functionality of your entire suite. > > For the love of <insert diety here>, be forward thinking and keep them > separate. > > (wow, and you're using an IMAP store for your calendar information? > That's kind of like using a database as a filesystem, or ... oh well, > what IS this world coming to.) There is some system (on freshmeat?) that has a special folder in IMAP for storing calendar events. The program uses the IMAP defined protocol though. Mike ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
