GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 714368
Support POP3
Last modified: 2019-01-15 03:34:35 UTC
---- Reported by jim@yorba.org 2012-08-15 11:19:00 -0700 ---- Original Redmine bug id: 5666 Original URL: http://redmine.yorba.org/issues/5666 Searchable id: yorba-bug-5666 Original author: Jim Nelson Original description: We've received requests for Geary to support POP3 (expressed vocally and now in a blog comment). This is different than #5640 since Hotmail support (which we'd probably support via POP3) may require more work than merely a POP3 backend. Related issues: related to geary - Feature #5245: allow plugins to provide protocols other than IMAP (Open) duplicated by geary - Feature #7614: Add POP3 configuration (Duplicate) blocks geary - Feature #5640: Windows Exchange (EAS) Support (Open) ---- Additional Comments From geary-maint@gnome.bugs 2013-10-09 14:46:00 -0700 ---- ### History #### #1 Updated by Jim Nelson 8 months ago * **Category** changed from _engine_ to _server-support_ #### #2 Updated by Javier Antonio Nisa Avila about 1 month ago * **Target version** set to _0.5.0_ +1 --- Bug imported by chaz@yorba.org 2013-11-21 20:26 UTC --- This bug was previously known as _bug_ 5666 at http://redmine.yorba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5666 Unknown milestone "unknown in product geary. Setting to default milestone for this product, "---". Setting qa contact to the default for this product. This bug either had no qa contact or an invalid one. Resolution set on an open status. Dropping resolution
POP3 support is important to me. I don't access any accounts with IMAP, since I don't want to keep anything on a remote server. Even if I were to use IMAP, I would want to automatically download emails and erase them from the server (after a short period). It says a target of 0.5.0, which I don't have yet. Has POP3 support been added yet ? (Or is it in the process of being added ?)
It occurs to me, after looking at other issues posted, that POP3 should have fewer implementation problems than IMAP. For POP3 accounts, when downloading we want to connect to the account (thus passing user name + password), and then close the connexion once downloaded. So most of the time, there would be no connexion to the POP3 account. Unlike IMAP, where one could have a persistent connexion. Particularly if emails are not stored locally. In contrast, POP3 would require local mailboxes, whereas for IMAP that would be optional. This raises the question of storage format. My preference would be both MBOX and mH. MBOX, used by Mozilla and Evolution among others, is useful for smaller numbers of emails per mailbox. mH, used by Claws-Mail and Sylpheed among others, would be useful for more than about 1000 emails in one one mailbox to minimize corruption and provide faster access. Certain mailing lists have very large numbers.
(In reply to comment #1) > It says a target of 0.5.0, which I don't have yet. > Has POP3 support been added yet ? (Or is it in the process of being added ?) It has not. That was set by a user, not by the Geary developers. The log doesn't show us setting it back. POP3 support is not on our radar at the moment, but we know it's important to some users. Regarding how mail is stored, that is a separate issue. We have had a request to use maildir (bug #714759). I don't believe mbox alone will satisfy our needs, but I haven't looked at the full spec to know for sure. In either case, offering alternative storage methods for Geary is not high on our list right now.
Hi all, thanks for your interest in this feature. This is a low priority for the Geary developers, and hence an implementation of it would need to come from the community. If you are interested developing an implementation, please jump in an lodge a merge request over at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/geary