[Kroupware] Automatic server discovery

[Lutz Badenheuer]

Hi, 

Am Mittwoch, 25. September 2002 22:40 schrieb Christoph Eckert:
> Am Mittwoch, 25. September 2002 05:03 schrieb Brad Hards:
> > A suggestion that can probably help reduce admin load (and
> > hence TCO) is automatic discovery of the servers (ie the
> > kolab). This would mean that when the user first logs in,
> > the kroupware mail client would issue a query for "smptd",
> > and would receive the URI.  This could be done again on
> > each login, or when the previous gateway fails (eg because
> > the user is on a laptop, and moved to a different network).
>
> Another idea has been, that the Program ( ;-) ) will always
> downsyncronize contacts, mails, notes and so on,  for offline
> use. So one can go away and has all information with him.

IIRC there are three modes you can run IMAP with: online mode, which 
does what it obviously says, offline mode, similar to POP3 (fetch all 
messages, then delete + expunge them on the server), and disconnected 
mode (fetch all messages, but do not delete and expunge them). What 
you mean, is disconnected mode, but don't mind: this is a part of 
IMAP that is not really well known, even to IMAP admins (neither to 
users :-)). 

Kind regards, 
Lutz 

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