Posted by Scott Laird
Tue, 06 Sep 2005 21:25:16 GMT
I just noticed that there is now a Ruby-based IMAP server available. Ximapd is only at version 0.0.4, which suggests that it isn't exactly production-ready, but I'll be following it as it develops over the next few months. Like the Ruby WebDAV server that I talked about a month ago, the big value in these sorts of servers is the fantastic things that you can do when you integrate them into non-traditional contexts. For example, a workflow system that can give a web view of the documents that it manages, while also acting like a file server and an email server. Changes to files or email messages are interpreted as actions in the workflow system and then the system state changes appropriately. That lets the users manipulate the data in the system in natural ways using familiar tools.
Another idea: nn email-support ticket system that only shows internal users the mail associated with open tickets that they own. When the ticket is closed, the mail goes away on its own.
Tags imap, mail, ruby, rubyonrails, ximapd | no comments
Posted by Scott Laird
Thu, 28 Jul 2005 22:18:05 GMT
ThinkSecret says that Apple is getting ready to upgrade OS X Server with some sort of improved mail and calendar solution, probably Hula. That’s nice and all, but I REALLY want them to upgrade iCal to support some publicly-available calendar server. The ability to publish read-only calendars was nice in 2002 when it was first added, but it’s been three years, and I’m still waiting for the ability to share read/write calendars with other family members. I’m aware that I could probably do this with .Mac, but I’m not willing to pay $100/year just so I can edit events on my wife’s calendar a couple times per week.
Having said that, Hula looks pretty nice. Even without iCal syncing support, I’ll probably consider it when it’s time to upgrade my mail server software again; fortunately that’s probably at least a year away still. If iCal gets CalDAV support before then, then I might have to be a bit more aggressive with the timeframe. Either that or look for other CalDAV servers.
Posted in Mac stuff, Computer System Administration | Tags apple, caldav, hula, ical, imap, mail, pop | no comments
Posted by Scott Laird
Fri, 29 Apr 2005 21:59:00 GMT
I installed Tiger over lunch today. I’ll have more to say later, but for now, I just wanted to share this:
I guess that explains why Mail was so slow in Panther–138,000 messages will do that to you. Right now, my poor PowerBook is converting mail, installing the developer tools, and indexing for Spotlight. Hopefully it’ll return to a usable speed once that all finishes.
Posted in Mac stuff | Tags macosx, mail, slow, tiger
