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

[Brian Kirsch]

On Feb 13, 2008, at 2:12 PM, Mimi Yin wrote:

> 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.
>

Linked In does this as well.

-Brian


> 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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