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The following is a list of some items that I hope to include in a future
release:
- Support for threaded perl programs (still pending as of version 2.2.0.).
-Support for imaps (Imap via SSL). I don't have any way to test this right now
but if you get this to work or know someone who has I'd be really interested in
hearing from you.
- Support for more authentication mechanisms. Currently plain authentication and
cram-md5 authentication are supported. I have DIGEST-MD5 working at the AUTH
qop, but haven't incorporated it into a released version because I'm still trying
to get at least the integrity qop working, and maybe even privacy, but considering
how much trouble I'm having with just the integrity level I wouldn't hold my breath
if I were you ;-).
- Currently a number of IMAP Client commands are implemented using the
'default method', which is an AUTOLOAD hack. I'd like to reduce that if
possible to a bare minimum. (Some are still pending as of version 2.2.7.)
- I'd like to see this module certified for more OS's and more IMAP servers.
This is (hopefully) just a matter of testing; the code should already be
compatible with the IMAP servers that are out there and with any OS that
allows the IO::Socket module to work. ** A number of platforms have been added
to the list of tested platforms since this was first written. Please contact
DJKernen@cpan.org if you have any to add.
- Support for newer/older/other versions of IMAP. Currently only RFC2060 is
explicitly supported, although thanks to the 'default method' (implemented
via an AUTOLOAD hack) virtually any IMAP command is supported, even
proprietary commands, X- extensions, and so forth. But not necessarily other
authentication mechanisms... :-( (NOTE: the AUTHENTICATE method
partially addresses this issue.)
- Support for piping output from (some?) imap commands directly to a
thingy of some sort (perhaps a coderef, a filehandle, or both).
- Your thingy here!!! Send me your request, and I'll do it in the order of
( $popularity/$difficulty ).
- Support for perl version 6. This will probably involve a rewrite that will make
portions of the Mail::IMAPClient module look more like the Mail::IMAPClient::BodyStructure
module. (Perl 6 will have built-in support for semantics that look remarkably like
Damian Conway's Parse::RecDescent module, which will solve a lot of problems for me.)
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