Feature request for mail handling

Hi Jeffrey,

howardsafeware-eng.com wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I first looked at Eventum just before the project moved
to MySQL AB.  In
> fact, at the time we couldn't buy a license because it
was late in the
> negotiation of that deal.  For the last few years,
I've been coping with
> the issue tracking system we settled on as a second
choice.  I think I've
> just about got everyone convinced to make the switch to
Eventum.  All of
> this is to say that I'm very impressed with the work
you've done in the
> intervening years.  Kudos!

Glad we have impressed you! We will do the best we can to
help with your 
transition. I am very sorry for the late reply, things have
been crazy 
and I am just now sorting through the email backlog.

> My one problem in setting things up has been mail
handling.  Our
> installation of Eventum is on a hosting service where I
cannot control the
> build of PHP.  They've chosen to compile recode into
their setup, so they
> can't and don't have the IMAP extension.  Would it be
possible to add a
> feature to Eventum remove the dependency on the IMAP
extension for people
> who can't install it?  This might be made easier by
using the PECL
> mailparse or POP3 package.

I think this would be a great addition, providing the PEAR
IMAP performs 
as well as the native extension. If you have a local install
of PHP that 
does have the imap extension, I would be interested in
seeing some 
benchmarks between the 2 options.

> The other option is that I'm quite willing to play
around with adding that
> feature and submitting it as a path (or not, if you
don't think anyone
> else would be interested in it).  To do so, are there
any hints or
> cautions you could provide me?  Or is it as
straight-forward as making a
> new download_emails.php file based off the old one?

There is more to it then download_emails.php,
include/class.support.php 
also calls functions from that extension. Luckily, since
they all start 
with 'imap_' they should be easy to find.

Best Regards,
-- 
Bryan Alsdorf, Software Engineer
MySQL AB, www.mysql.com

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