An extension or protocol enhancement is only good as the client implementations are -- and we know how successful that's been for other optional capabilities -- such as ACL management. On Jan 14, 2010, at 9:42 AM, kael wrote: > On 01/06/2010 08:47 AM, 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. > > Well, IMAP could support a credential management system as an > extension > similar to the XMPP one : XEP-0077: In-Band Registration > <http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0077.html#usecases-changepw>. > > -- > kael > > ---- > 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 ---- 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
