[CONNECTORS-553] [GSoC] Create an Email connector for Apache ManifoldCF

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: ManifoldCF 1.2
• Fix Version/s: ManifoldCF 1.5
• Component/s: Email connector
• Labels: gsoc gsoc2013 mentor
• Assignee: Piergiorgio Lucidi
• Reporter: Erlend Garåsen
• Created: 12/Oct/12 13:53
• Updated: 21/Dec/13 13:39
• Resolved: 21/Dec/13 13:39

Description

Apache ManifoldCF is an effort to provide an open source framework for connecting source content repositories like Microsoft Sharepoint and EMC Documentum, to target repositories or indexes, such as Apache Solr, Open Search Server, or ElasticSearch. Apache ManifoldCF also defines a security model for target repositories that permits them to enforce source-repository security policies.

ManifoldCF is based on a framework structure that allows developers to implement new connectors for repositories, search servers and authorities servers [1].

Proposal:
Implement an email connector that should support both IMAP and POP3 servers as well as SSL/TLS encryption and server certificates.

Skills needed:

• Java programming
• IMAP and POP protocols
• XML

[1] - http://manifoldcf.apache.org/