MBOX-Line: From Pidgeot18 at verizon.net  Mon Mar 23 18:22:02 2015
To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
From: Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.net>
Date: Fri Jun  8 12:34:54 2018
Subject: [Imap-protocol] Is OpenEmailSurvey open to share method or code?
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On 3/23/2015 6:10 PM, Gilles LAMIRAL wrote:
> My main goal is to add a wizard mode to imapsync, a mode where options
> for specific imap servers are set automagically. Avoiding that users
> and I always read and apply the same FAQ items is a user experience
> improvement I aim.

I don't know what options you're talking about, but it's worth pointing 
out the Thunderbird autoconfiguration project 
(<https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Thunderbird/Autoconfiguration>).
> When users ask me about problems with imap servers they even don't
> know the software name, I usually look at the CAPABILITY response,
> NAMESPACE, some other imap responses or some nmap service detection.
> I always get the name of it. I haven't formalized it yet in a script,
> I've played by hand for now, not so often. I'm lazy, so before doing
> it all by myself I ask you if I'll have to reinvent the wheel or not
> on that matter.

If IMAP ID is supported, that is a useful command to use.

-- 
Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. -- Donald E. Knuth


