Re: [Classpathx-discuss] Classpathx (Javamail) project query.

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Gautam Mani <address@hidden> writes:

> Hello,
> 
> This is a little long, but I would really appreciate it if you could bear with
> me.
> 
> I am working on a small open-source email-oriented project (JFetch:
> http://jfetch.sourceforge.net). The project has been in hibernation for a
> while since I have not been able to devote enough time to it. I had
> self-written mailbox support earlier, and wanted to replace it with a mailbox
> provider. At that time the mbox-provider package was being maintained along
> with the knife package at dog.co.uk. I recently went to the site and found out
> that it is now a part of the GNU Classpathx project. This is really a great
> thing and gives the project the visibility it needs.
> 
> Since there was no release of the project available, I started out with an
> interim release provided on the dog home page, but found some problems with
> it. Mainly, the provider does not create a mailbox if it doesnt exist.
> Thinking that it may have been solved in the current version; I checkedout the
> tree through CVS, but unfortunately I have not had a good experience with it.
> There was no ant-build file to build the package unlike the interim release.
> There are some dependencies (gnu.text.*) which are not checked into the CVS;
> hence the IMAP provider does not compile.

I abandoned the old work on the IMAP provider. I'm now working on a
new and better one.

When I've got an initial draft of it going (I'm having some time off
from my annoyingly busy work schedule to do it) I would love more
people to contribute.


Nic