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InterIMAP: Requirements

20 Jan 2009 @ 3:32 PM

This post will serve as the official requirements documentation for the InterIMAP library. Please comment on this post with your suggestions for further requirements.

Core Requirements

Multi-threaded, multi-connection, asynchronous processing

Ability to support multiple accounts simultaneously

Ability to detect and retrieve only new messages for any or all folders

Ability to receive and save all file attachments, and message content

Ability to read/write messages in EML format

Optimized single process/connection synchronous client for repeated, specific purposes

Storage Requirements

Provide 3 storage mechanisms: Virtual, Physical, Database

Ability to store folder and message data in memory temporarily

Ability to store folder and message data including attachments in a file on disk that can allow a mailbox to be cached, and to make that data portable.

Ability to store folder and message data in a relation database such as SQL Server, so that the data can be easily shared among other applications without having to distribute a local cache file, or stream the data to other services.

Ability to use Physical and Database storage mechanisms concurrently.

API Requirements

Provide clean and clear interface to IMAP protocol
Provide easy to use Request/Response system
Provide clean object model

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Last Edit: 20 Jan 2009 @ 03:32 PM

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March 1, 2009 at 10:52 am

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