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Welcome to the Web site for the MailConnect 2 interoperability event. This site also has information about MailConnect 1, the event held in August 1996.
As Internet mail grows into its new role supporting mission-critical corporate communications, it is essential that we ensure proper interoperability among implementations from different vendors. To that end, the Internet Mail Consortium proposes an interoperability testing event in the classic Internet style. Roll up your sleeves, crank out your code, and test your implementation with your competitors'. Competition in open systems requires open cooperation to achieve the level of interoperability customers demand.
This MailConnect 2 Interoperability Event will emphasize IMAP4 and ESMTP.
IMAP4 is an old specification with new facilities promising substantial improvement for mobile and client/server mail environments. IMAP4 implementations are now emerging and broad interoperability testing will greatly facilitate its quick adoption by the market.
ESMTP is a standard way for SMTP servers to include new features and to tell each other which features they support. A handful of ESMTP exntensions are already Internet standards, and there are many private extensions in use as well.
MailConnect 2 will provide an opportunity for intense intereroperability testing and repair of IMAP4 and ESMTP implementations. As the IMC proceeds with organzing the event, test scenarios will be developed by those planning to attend.
There is an on-line discussion and coordination list. To subscribe, send a message to imc-mailconnect-request@imc.org with the single word subscribe in the body of the message.
The list is the same list that was used for MailConnect 1, so the complete archive of the list also has a great deal of discussion on that event.
An IMAP Test Plan was developed for MailConnect 1, and will be used for the basis of the coordinated IMAP testing for MailConnect 2. However, comments and suggestions for changed to the test plan are solicited.
Companies testing for ESMTP compliance should also look over the list of ESMTP protocols to see which of the published protocols they want to test.
Two days of face-to-face testing with a broad base of IMAP4 implementations for clients and servers, and many SMTP servers with ESMTP extensions.
After the face-to-face meeting, IMC will set up a system so that the participants can continue to test their software with each other.
Wednesday March 26 and Thursday March 27
San Jose Hilton & Towers
San Jose, California USA
The schedule will most likely be:
Wednesday March 26
8:30 - 9:30 Set up, get acquainted, muffins, fruit, coffee, tea 9:30 - 12:00 Testing 12:00 - 1:00 Lunch (buffet, served away from the work room) 1:00 - 4:30 Testing 4:30 - 5:30 Recap and plan for ThursdayThursday March 27
8:30 - 12:00 Testing (muffins, fruit, coffee, tea at 8:30) 12:00 - 1:00 Lunch (buffet, served away from the work room) 1:00 - 3:30 Testing 3:30 - 5:30 Review and prepare preliminary report 5:30 - 6:30 Tear down
The San Jose Hilton & Towers is located next to the San Jose Convention Center, in downtown San Jose, approximately 10 minutes from the San Jose airport.
On-site, there will be:
| Before March 17 | After March 17 | |
| IMC Corporate Members | $2000 | |
| Non-members | $2500 |
Registration is per company, which is up to three people; for additional people in your company, the cost is $100 per person.
Payment can be made by check or wire transfer. Please send registration to:
Internet Mail Consortium
127 Segre Place
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Tel: (408) 426-9827
Fax: (408) 426-7301
Please contact Paul Hoffman at phoffman@imc.org
for wire transfer information.