[Zope3-dev] Re: [Zope3-checkins] CVS: Zope3/lib/python/Zope/App/OFS/Services/SmtpService/Views - __init__.py:1.1 configure.zcml:1.1
Barry A. Warsaw
barry@zope.com
Mon, 28 Oct 2002 14:46:37 -0500
>>>>> "GvR" == Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:
GvR> OK, you've convinced me now. RoundUp supports this and it's
GvR> actually quite handy for simple interactions (the body of
GvR> your message gets added, and the subject contains some magic
GvR> cookies that tell it to which issue and perhaps other
GvR> actions).
GvR> If someone wants to build a tracker in Zope, it should be
GvR> able to receive email if they want to.
>> interfaces between then, and for integrating them. It doesn't
>> make a lot of sense to keep re-inventing the same wheels with
>> slightly different mountings for each of them.
GvR> Is this an argument for or against integrating an SMTP server
GvR> in Zope?
Mostly against. I really don't think you need an smtp server in Zope
to be able to get it to receive email. The question is whether Zope
wants to be a protocol framework too. How much server side protocol
support does Zope need in order to provide the functionality we want
it to have?
-Barry