Another Log implementation

[Graham Fawcett]

On Sun, 29 May 2011 22:05:23 +0200, David Nadlinger wrote:

> On 5/29/11 9:50 PM, Vincent wrote:
>>> Perhaps EmailLogEngine should be renamed to SMTPLogEngine.
>>
>> And next year we will add IMAPLogEngine? :) Nope, I prefer just 'Email'
>> - more generic approach.
> 
> Uh, IMAP has nothing to do with sending mail, it's just a protocol for
> accessing your server-side mailbox, like POP3.

Actually, an IMAP-based logging sink would be conceivable. Unlike POP3, 
you can actively store documents into an IMAP mailbox. 

As an example, "imapfs" is a FUSE-based filesystem which stores files to 
an IMAP host. Deciding whether this is a good idea is left as an 
exercise. :)

Graham