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Starting with release 2.99_01, I (Mark Overmeer) try to revive the
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module. The original author David Kernen cannot be reached and didn't
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release any fixes in four years. That is too long.
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In version 3.0, the installation procedure is been cleaned-up
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radically, and some minimal improvements in the code are made to
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fix things people reported.
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=== wishlist:
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- A start was made in cleanup of the code in Mail/IMAPClient.pm
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The file Mail/IMAPClient-cleanup shows the progress (30%)
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But I lack the time (a weeks work at least) to complete this
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task. There is a lot of code replication to be stripped.
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If anyone buys me time, I will complete that task.
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=== wishlist from the original author:
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The following is a list of some items that I hope to include in a future
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release:
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- Support for threaded perl programs (still pending as of version 2.2.0.).
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- Support for imaps (Imap via SSL). I don't have any way to test this
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right now but if you get this to work or know someone who has I'd be
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really interested in hearing from you.
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- Support for more authentication mechanisms. Currently plain
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authentication and cram-md5 authentication are supported. I have
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DIGEST-MD5 working at the AUTH qop, but haven't incorporated it into
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a released version because I'm still trying to get at least the
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integrity qop working, and maybe even privacy, but considering how
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much trouble I'm having with just the integrity level I wouldn't
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hold my breath if I were you ;-).
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- Currently a number of IMAP Client commands are implemented using the
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'default method', which is an AUTOLOAD hack. I'd like to reduce that
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if possible to a bare minimum. (Some are still pending as of version 2.2.7.)
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- I'd like to see this module certified for more OS's and more IMAP servers.
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This is (hopefully) just a matter of testing; the code should already
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be compatible with the IMAP servers that are out there and with any OS
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that allows the IO::Socket module to work. ** A number of platforms
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have been added to the list of tested platforms since this was first
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written. Please contact DJKernen@cpan.org if you have any to add.
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- Support for newer/older/other versions of IMAP. Currently only RFC2060 is
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explicitly supported, although thanks to the 'default method'
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(implemented via an AUTOLOAD hack) virtually any IMAP command is
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supported, even proprietary commands, X- extensions, and so forth. But
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not necessarily other authentication mechanisms... :-( (NOTE: the
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AUTHENTICATE method partially addresses this issue.)
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- Support for piping output from (some?) imap commands directly to a
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thingy of some sort (perhaps a coderef, a filehandle, or both).
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- Your thingy here!!! Send me your request, and I'll do it in the order of
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($popularity/$difficulty ).
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- Support for perl version 6. This will probably involve a rewrite that
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will make portions of the Mail::IMAPClient module look more like the
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Mail::IMAPClient::BodyStructure module. (Perl 6 will have built-in
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support for semantics that look remarkably like Damian Conway's
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Parse::RecDescent module, which will solve a lot of problems for me.)
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