> > Yes, understand the cfpop tag would allow one to connect to a pop3 ... > > is it something like that? > > No, an event gateway wouldn't be any more direct. It would, in fact, > be less direct - instead of CF talking to the mail server, something > else would have to talk to the mail server. > > I don't think that searching POP mailboxes from CF is an especially > good idea. If possible, I would fetch mail from the mailboxes > periodically, and index that using Verity (or Solr or whatever). Or > better yet, ditch the POP mailboxes entirely and switch to Google > Apps, which is in my opinion better in almost all respects to hosting > your own mailserver or using an ISPs server or whatever. Of course, > being a Google Apps reseller/implementer/trainer I may be slightly > biased. Google mail is easily searched, as you can imagine, and I > think it would be pretty easy to get CF to provide an interface for > that search if you want it. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ >
Thank you for your thoughts, Dave. I wouldn't have control of user's mail service, be it pop3 server for client (Outlook) or else. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:326260 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
