OT: Enhanced IMAP protocol

[Robert Banz]

An extension or protocol enhancement is only good as the client  
implementations are -- and we know how successful that's been for  
other optional capabilities -- such as ACL management.

On Jan 14, 2010, at 9:42 AM, kael wrote:

> On 01/06/2010 08:47 AM, 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.
>
> Well, IMAP could support a credential management system as an  
> extension
> similar to the XMPP one : XEP-0077: In-Band Registration
> <http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0077.html#usecases-changepw>.
>
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> kael
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