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Hi, |
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Hope you all are doing good. I am Deepanshu Thakur, student of Computer |
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Science at Arya College of Engineering and I.T. Jaipur, India. |
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I am applying for project 'Imapfw, the next mail framework'. The IMAP |
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Framework (imapfw in short) is a framework designed to improve and extend |
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features of 'OffllineIMAP.' OfflineIMAP is a python program which is |
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included in Gentoo to synchronize E-mail over IMAP server. It is a nice |
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tool. You can have an up-to-date backup of your emails on your local |
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machine (which is by the way a use case of OfflineIMAP). OfflineIMAP has |
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plenty of features but some new features need to be added. To add new |
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features and to eliminate all the downsides of OfflineIMAP we are going to |
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have imapfw. |
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Some of the features that will be added in are |
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* New synchronization system for better synchronization of E-mails |
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* Better concurrency support over OfflineIMAP |
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* Better extensibility |
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Once this project is completed, it will replace OfflineIMAP. |
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*Project Idea* |
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Gentoo Idea page for imapfw |
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<https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2016/Ideas/imapfw,_the_next_mail_framework> |
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*Proposal* |
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Google Docs Proposal |
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<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EtO3bEWQqKljACHjkuhntmxeHyUuBJedOwziP72HTIg/edit?usp=sharing> |
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*About myself and reason behind choosing this project* |
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I am a 3rd year Computer Science Engineering student at Arya College of |
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Engineering and I.T. Jaipur, India. I am a big Linux fan and using Linux |
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since day one of my Computer Science degree course. I am a RedhatCertified |
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Engineer |
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<https://www.redhat.com/rhtapps/certification/verify/?certId=150-092-286>. |
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Being from Linux background will definitely help me in this project because |
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this project targets Linux users mainly. I have previously used many Linux |
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flavors like RedHat and OpenSuse and currently using ubunut and Gentoo. I |
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am also a keen python developer. You can find my work on Github |
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<https://github.com/Deepanshu2017>. One big reason behind choosing this |
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project for GSoC 2016 is because I like the concept and uniqueness of this |
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project and this project is offering something which will be useful for |
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thousand of users. This project best suites my skills and knowledge. I also |
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hold experience in working Open source community so I know, how a open |
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source community works. |
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Thanks for your consideration. I Look forward to hearing from you. |
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Thanks and regards, |
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Deepanshu Thakur |
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Computer Science Engineering |
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Arya College of Engineering and I.T. |
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