On Wed, 2010-01-06 at 20:35 +0530, ram wrote: > On Tue, 2010-01-05 at 23:47 -0800, Rob Banz wrote: > > I would argue that it's out of scope -- credential management should > > be taken care of by your credential management system, be it through a > > web interface or whatever. Even if it were to be an accepted spec, the > > chances of all of the client-writers implementing it, and in a > > reasonable way, are slim to none. > Everyone need not implement it. > If the protocol is available , I definitely know thunderbird will > have at least one extension within 2 days :-) Nothing is stopping you, or anyone, from creating a password management service and creating a related plugin/extension for TB. This just doesn't have anything more to do with IMAP than it does with SMTP (why not extend the SMTP server?). > Most smaller companies I know of use username passwords only for mail Seriously?! I do not share your experience. They must be very very small if they have no shared resources beyond e-mail. ---- 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
