Sunday, February 3, 2008

Sandman Mail 0.1 released!

What is Sandman Mail?
It is a Flex-based IMAP client.

What is the goal of Sandman Mail?
To be the future replacement of Squirrelmail, Neomail, commercial alternatives, etc.

What is the license?
All the Flex code is licensed under the BSD. All the IMAP PHP code is licensed under the GPL. There are also a few libraries (mainly PEAR, AMFPHP, Cairngorm) used which have their own licenses.

Where can I download it?
Download at SourceForge

What does the initial release have?
The first release is largely focused on some very basic things:
  • Connect to IMAP server
  • Download mail
  • Read mail
  • Read different mail folders
It should be noted that this release is definitely not meant for any production use but more of a look-and-see kind of thing.

Where is the repository?
Browse SVN Repository

Is there an online demo?
For now the online demo is hosted here:
Online demo

You may login using your Gmail account or your UMN account.

To test with your Gmail account, you will need to make sure IMAP is enabled. You can enable it under Settings > Forwarding and POP/IMAP.

Are there any limitations?
A constraint has been put in place where it will only download 25 email messages per mailbox. This is mainly because I have not yet determined how I will go about doing pagination yet and I don't want to overload anyone who may try out the demo.

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