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

[Mimi Yin]

Hi Jared,

I think this work would be an alternative to the Tbird plugin, not an  
addition to Grant's 1.0 Desktop Work Queue. I can imagine lots of  
scenarios where you might be away from your personal computer, but  
want to get at emails you had flagged from the web UI or a web  
widget. It's consistent with the bigger idea that routing all data  
inputs and outputs through the Hub is our solution for maximizing the  
# of user access points. If Chandler Desktop were instead a web app,  
wouldn't Chandler Hub need to know about your email account info?

Not sure, but FWIW I think Facebook asks you to log into your Yahoo  
Mail to get at all your contacts.

Mimi

On Feb 13, 2008, at 1:33 PM, Jared Rhine wrote:

>> 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
>
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