Re: Sv: Emacs HTTP libraries [was: Re: How to contribute new package to GNU ELPA?]

[Robert Pluim]

>>>>> On Wed, 31 Mar 2021 10:21:09 -0700, Daniel Brooks <db48x@db48x.net> said:

    Daniel> Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:
    >>>>>>> On Tue, 30 Mar 2021 20:08:20 +0200, Arthur Miller 
<arthur.miller@live.com> said:
    Arthur> What about other protocols it supports, is that of interest to have 
in
    Arthur> Emacs?
    >> 
    Arthur> Here seems to be a list of supported ones:
    >> 
    Arthur> https://everything.curl.dev/protocols/curl
    >> 
    >> Iʼm curious, what does 'support' mean in this case? I mean, SMTP or
    >> IMAP is just TCP (perhaps with TLS). You still need the emacs client
    >> code to actually issue SMTP or IMAP commands and interpret them.

    Daniel> Give this a whirl, with appropriate subtitutions:

    Daniel>     curl "imap://<username>:<password>@<your imap 
server>/INBOX;UID=<NNNN>"

    Daniel> It’s a little bit odd, but I guess someone was feeling completionist
    Daniel> that day.

OK, so itʼs "pretend IMAP is a weird kind of http". Finding out what
UID to use requires a little more work.

Robert
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