Notes

Brian, Sheila and Mimi had a brief call about email plans for Beta.

Brian had a few questions about our target users

• Brian
  • Do we really expect our target users to have iMAP accounts?
  • We don't have target data about small groups and iMAP usage.
  • If you aren't in a corp network he doesn't see people using iMAP - unless we are in an enterprise system.
  • OSAF has IT so we can have an iMAP server.
  • Most likely people have POP.

• Sheila
  • What does CC use? Probably iMAP.
  • We could look at some out or target small groups.

• Mimi
  • Early adopters will be fairly technically savvy. Sm business might not have their own iMAP server but many of our possible target users.
  • Stake in the ground -> we think the our users will have iMAP.
  • It would be worthwhile having some kind of bridge to iMAP.

IMAP Folders

• Ideas that came up
  • Selecting folders but make it smarter - todo vs calendar folders. We can have those triaged in the right way.
  • When you setup the iMAP accounts in Chandler, these folders automatically get created on the server - predefined.
  • Designate folders - Todo folder = Tasks, Events folder = Events (we would like to have this behavior anyway). It would be a message by default. Another folder for only mail. Chandler gives the items a stamped context.
  • Good idea and a good place to start on this.

• Mimi: Does Chandler have to be running when you drop the stuff in the folder - when you start it up, it just works.
• Sheila: Could you specify any number of iMap accounts? Yes, they would all have these predefined folders.
• Sheila: Would we also have POP support - Yes.

Other Features

• Chandler header
  • You can receive updates to items from other Chandler users so you don't have to pulldown the entire email inbox.
  • We will lose the header if you reply from another email client - PPD thinks this is ok

• Emailing collections
  • Benefits in web mail type environment.
  • Non-Chandler desktop users.
  • Proof of concept up and running - Jared working on this.
  • Jared says this is all work for him - Brian isn't so sure about this.
  • Need to send summary of what we are going to do for Beta - basic plan (Sheila will talk to Jared).

• SPAM
  • Doable but we should think about whether or not we need it.
  • Pulling in iMAP folders - these will have already gone through a filter.
  • Leave it for Alpha6 for now and we will see where we are.
  • Brian thinks there are some doable options here.

Staging Features

• Sheila: iMAP or Chandler headers - what would you do first? Currently they are both scheduled for Alpha5 because we don't know the scope.
• Brian says both of these options are doable and relatively straight-forward to implement.
• Phasing really depends and he wants to do a bit more thinking about this.

Next Actions

• Sheila will work on email spec focussing on detailing iMAP and Chandler headers features
• Sheila will also talk to Jared about a summary for the emailing collections.
• Next meeting will be with Brian when he is in town. We can review the detailed spec.
• In the meantime, all discussions should be on the design list.
• Sheila and Mimi will reconcile subscribing to iMAP folders with data in/out goals for Alpha6. We may need to stage some of the data in/out for Alpha5.

-- SheilaMooney - 06 Sep 2006