IMP Roadmap

IMP Roadmaps

The following roadmaps summarize the important changes planned for future releases. They do not list all changes, only changes that are considered significant from the end user's point of view. In addition to the changes listed, most releases will probably contain at least some of the following changes:

  • Bug fixes, performance tweaks, code cleanups, etc.
  • New and/or improved translations.
  • New preferences or configuration options.

IMP 5.0

Status: Beta

Planned release timeframe: 2009

Features currently planned for the next release:

FeatureStatus
Allow direct access to remote accountsIn Progress
HTML SignaturesDone
Provide vertical 3-pane view option in DIMPDone
Improved search user interfaceDone
Improved inline display of HTML message parts
[IMP now passes the Email Standards Project Acid Test]		Done
Login code moved to HordeDone
Use PHP temporary streams to process message dataDone
Configurable custom flagging/labelsDone
Native PHP 5 codeDone
MIME code refactoringDone
New native PHP IMAP libraryDone
Full support for advanced IMAP caching extensions
[CONDSTORE (RFC 4551) and QRESYNC (RFC 5162)]		Done
Move alternative display frontends (DIMP, MIMP) into IMPDone

IMP 5.0 successfully parses both the original UW-IMAP MIME torture test and Ryan Finnie's updated MIME torture test. These tests can be found at ftp://ftp.horde.org/pub/imp/test/.

IMP 4.3

Status: Released

Released: September 2008

Features currently planned for the next release:

FeatureStatus
Faster and more stable folder list creationDone
PDF thumbnailsDone
Performance improvementsDone

IMP 4.2

Status: Released

Released: Mid-2008

Features currently planned for the next release:

FeatureStatus
Mailbox and message cachingDone
Multilingual spell checkingDone
Dynamic spell checkingDone
Auto-complete address lookupDone
Symmetric (password only) PGP encryptionDone
Per-folder sort preferencesDone
Remembering recent search queriesDone
Allow opening of several browser windows/tabsDone
Logging and retrieving of most frequent recipientsDone
Display folder sizesDone
Thumbnails of large attached imagesDone
Maintenance task to purge old spam messages and sent mailDone
Permissions to restrict maximum number of recipients per message and time.Done