[DESIGN] credentials_t and meta_user_t unification. about magma HOT 1 CLOSED

meta_user_t began life when the only access protocol was POP3. When IMAP got added it ballooned into a behemoth. When I added webmail support it became unmanageable. The credentials_t was the beginning of my effort to separate the key pieces of meta_user_t into separate objects/interfaces. That is why various objects (like folders/messages) might still overlap in functionality with meta_user_t.

Long story short, in sorting out the STACIE integration, I forked credentials_t into auth_t so I work off a clean interface, migrating over as necessary. Than I forked meta_user_t a couple of days ago, and created new_meta_user_t with much cleaner seperation, and with the new objects using the new auth_t. Its still a work in progress, but the goal is to have meta_t be the entry point for meta data operations, but have it farm out operations to other, type specific pieces (like folders, messages, contacts, crypto), etc.

Its still a work in progress, and I broke a few things during the reorganization. Hopefully I'll be able to clean up my message this week.
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