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To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
From: Ladar Levison <ladar@lavabitllc.com>
Date: Fri Jun  8 12:34:54 2018
Subject: [Imap-protocol] If Crispin were creating IMAP today how would
 it be different?
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On 3/9/2015 10:35 AM, Bill Janssen wrote:
> I'm guessing that's why Oracle has a sync protocol instead of a remote
> DB protocol. The mobile client works against an on-phone copy of the
> DB, using a variant of Oracle's full SQL -- the documentation says it
> is SQLite compatible -- and then there's a minimal sync protocol which
> keeps that in step with the full DB back on the server. Interesting
> question as to whether the on-phone copy is a subset or not. 


On 3/8/2015 11:13 AM, Bill Janssen wrote:
> And let the DB guys solve the intermittent connection problems :-).
> Oracle, for instance, has a "Mobile Server" product that synchonizes a
> local cache on a mobile device with a remote Oracle DB, including SSL
> encryption on the sync connection, and data compression.
>

Bill, how much is Larry paying you?

It might be fun to submit an RFC draft that "mandates" the use of
something like the Oracle Mobile Server. Or heck, requires everyone
install Panagon on their machine to access their email - just to hear
the groans. If carrier pidgeons can make it past the rfc-editor then why
not?

:)

On a slightly more serious note, Dovecot has a protocol for syncing
message stores, but I haven't studied it closely yet.

L~


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