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draft-sparks-genarea-imaparch-01
Network Working Group                                          R. Sparks
Internet-Draft                                                   Tekelec
Intended status: Informational                              Feb 29, 2012
Expires: September 1, 2012

                IMAP Access to IETF Email List Archives
                    draft-sparks-genarea-imaparch-01

Abstract

   The IETF makes heavy use of email lists to conduct its work.  This
   often involves accessing the archived history of those email lists.
   Participants would like to have the ability to browse and search
   those archives using standard IMAP clients.  This memo captures the
   requirements for providing a service that would allow such browsing
   and searching.

Status of this Memo

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   This Internet-Draft will expire on September 1, 2012.

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   described in the Simplified BSD License.

Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   2.  Requirements for IMAP access to archived IETF lists . . . . . . 3
   3.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   4.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
   5.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
   6.  Changelog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
     6.1.  00 to 01  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
     6.2.  00  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
   7.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
   Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

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1.  Introduction

   The IETF makes heavy use of email lists to conduct its work.  This
   often involves accessing the archived history of those email lists.
   Work is underway to improve the web-based browsing and searching of
   these archives [I-D.sparks-genarea-mailarch].  Participants would
   like to have the ability to browse and search those archives using
   standard IMAP clients.  This memo captures the requirements for
   providing a service that would allow such browsing and searching.

   Discussion of this memo should take place on the ietf@ietf.org
   mailing list.

2.  Requirements for IMAP access to archived IETF lists

   Many participants would prefer to access the list archives using IMAP
   [RFC3501].  Providing this access while meeting the following
   requirements will likely require an IMAP server with specialized
   capabilities.

   o  The system should expose the archive using an IMAP interface, with
      each list represented as a mailbox.

   o  This interface must work with standard IMAP clients.

   o  The interface should allow users to each have their own read/
      unread marks for messages.  Allowing other annotation is
      desirable.

   o  The interface must have server-side searching enabled, and should
      support multiple simultaneous extensive searches.  The server
      should facilitate the enhanced search capabilities described in
      [I-D.sparks-genarea-mailarch]

   o  When the system requires credentials, it must use the
      datatracker's authentication system

      -  While the vast majority of archived lists have an open access
         policy, some archived lists have restricted archives.  The
         system must make it possible to limit access to a restricted
         archive based on login credentials.

3.  Security Considerations

   Allowing IMAP as an interface for browsing and searching the archives
   of IETF email lists does not affect the security of the Internet in

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   any significant fashion.

4.  IANA Considerations

   This document has no actions for IANA.

5.  Acknowledgements

   This text was derived directly from an earlier version of
   [I-D.sparks-genarea-mailarch] which incorporated text suggestions
   from Alexey Melnikov, Pete Resnick, and S. Moonesamy.

6.  Changelog

6.1.  00 to 01

   1.  Added requirements to enable controlled access to restricted
       archives based on credentials

   2.  Generalized the requirement to use the datatracker's credentials.

6.2.  00

   1.  Split this set of requirements out from the mailarch doc so that
       this project could be pursued separately

7.  Informative References

   [I-D.sparks-genarea-mailarch]
              Sparks, R., "IETF Email List Archiving and Search Tool
              Requirements", draft-sparks-genarea-mailarch-04 (work in
              progress), February 2012.

   [RFC3501]  Crispin, M., "INTERNET MESSAGE ACCESS PROTOCOL - VERSION
              4rev1", RFC 3501, March 2003.

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Author's Address

   Robert Sparks
   Tekelec
   17210 Campbell Road
   Suite 250
   Dallas, Texas  75254-4203
   USA

   Email: RjS@nostrum.com

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