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[Michael Hall <mhall119@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 03/26/2013 04:45 AM, Matt Richardson wrote:
> Hi Jan
> 
> I am currently writing an email client for Ubuntu Phone and I'd love to
> work with you on this.
> So far I have been using VMime to send emails over SMTP and receive via
> POP3/IMAP, but it would be great to work with a mature project like Tojita.
> 
> My only concern is that I emailed you in February last year, asking
> about the potential to use Trojita on Ubuntu tablets (before the
> announcement of Ubuntu Touch) and was told that whilst a touch-friendly
> interface was on the todo list, POP3 support would not be added.
> 
> You did say, however, that you would be wiling to accept patches for
> POP3 support if the contributor was also willing to maintain the patch.
> At the time I was not capable of doing so but I would be willing to look
> into it again now.
> 
> I definitely would like to discuss the idea further
> 
> Thanks,
> Matt
> 
> 
> On 25/03/13 13:18, Jan Kundrát wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I've read a couple of new items and some discussion about choosing the
>> e-mail client for Ubuntu Phone. Have you evaluated Trojita [1] already?
>>
>> Trojita has been around since 2006. We joined KDE in late 2012, but
>> the application does not require anything besides Qt. It supports both
>> Qt4 and Qt5 builds, has a decent test coverage and -- as I have been
>> told by users -- is extremely fast. The main focus is on the desktop
>> version, but a MeeGo Harmattan port exists (albeit with a reduced
>> functionality) and a Blackberry version is in the works. For some
>> interesting metrics about the development, number of contributors,
>> annual growth etc, please see the Ohloh page [2].
>>
>> If you are interested, we can talk either here, on the Trojita's
>> mailing list, or on our IRC channel.
>>
>> With kind regards,
>> Jan
>>
>> [1] http://trojita.flaska.net/
>> [2] https://www.ohloh.net/p/trojita
>>
> 
> 

While POP3 is a nice feature to have, I don't think it's necessarily a
requirement.  IMAP is a requirement, and should have priority.

The big question for me is: Can we re-use the backend of Trojita, while
building a custom front-end using the Ubuntu SDK's QML components?

Michael Hall
mhall119@xxxxxxxxxx