OT: Enhanced IMAP protocol

[Adam Tauno Williams]

On Wed, 2010-01-06 at 20:35 +0530, ram wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-01-05 at 23:47 -0800, Rob Banz wrote: 
> > I would argue that it's out of scope -- credential management should  
> > be taken care of by your credential management system, be it through a  
> > web interface or whatever. Even if it were to be an accepted spec, the  
> > chances of all of the client-writers implementing it, and in a  
> > reasonable way, are slim to none.
> Everyone need not implement it. 
> If  the protocol is available , I definitely know thunderbird will
> have at least one extension within 2 days :-) 

Nothing is stopping you, or anyone, from creating a password management
service and creating a related plugin/extension for TB.  This just
doesn't have anything more to do with IMAP than it does with SMTP (why
not extend the SMTP server?).

> Most smaller companies I know of use username passwords only for mail 

Seriously?!  I do not share your experience.  They must be very very
small if they have no shared resources beyond e-mail.