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The notmuch mail client

Posted Nov 18, 2009 22:46 UTC (Wed) by aleXXX (subscriber, #2742)
In reply to: The notmuch mail client by endecotp
Parent article: The notmuch mail client

Is that the same principle as what Akonadi does ?
They use also a database and IMAP is also involved AFAIK...

Alex

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The notmuch mail client

Posted Nov 19, 2009 12:18 UTC (Thu) by krake (subscriber, #55996) [Link]

It is somewhat similar but then also quite different.

Akonadi's server access protocol is similar to IMAP in terms of syntax and
grammar. Contents of commands and responses can be different and there are
additional commands for things usually not found in IMAP.

As far as I can tell there is also a different usage pattern for the
database, i.e. permanent storage vs. transient storage (Akonadi uses its
database mainly for caching, potentially only of parts of items, e.g.
envelope of mails).