[Chandler-dev] Re: Flagging emails to get messages into Chandler

[Jared Rhine]

> It would be faster to implement however, I believe then the TB
> plugin because the only missing piece in this case is adding the IMAP
> client code to pull flagged messages into the hub.

There's additional work, such as finding a place to store IMAP auth  
information.

I'm strongly against incorporating IMAP pulling directly into Cosmo  
code.

If needed, it's a good candidate for an external daemon and service  
that proxies between an IMAP server and a Cosmo server.  Use any  
implementation you'd like, including reusing python code from the  
desktop.

But in general, I don't think any web-based service that asks users to  
enter in their IMAP username/password can not be successful.  People  
are often willing to share information, but the vast majority will not  
go so far as to put their email username/password out onto the net.   
People are only comfortable doing this with a desktop client.

I'm in favor of pretty much leaving things the way they are.  The  
level of work being discussed here seems way out of proportion with  
what's effectively a renaming of "task" to "starred" and feels like a  
poor allocation of available resources.

-- Jared