On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:58:44 +0000 Paul Cockings <ds...@cytringan.co.uk> wrote:
> On 18/01/2010 20:51, Steve wrote: > > > >> or should the design be changed if we > >> wanted to develop this idea? > >> > >> > > Depends. A web service works differently. The above mechanism is pure HTTP > > while a web service works asynchronously. > > > > > so a 'proper' webservice would give an acknowledgement back? or a > failure if the server could not be reached? > Yes. But it's not that what defines a web service. A normal HTTP request does give as well back status code about sucess (for example code 200) and failures (normally 4xx or 5xx codes). It's not that what defines a web service. > >> I also thought about a small 'relay service' that runs on the exchange > >> server (or other server inside a network), so users inside a corporate > >> network that would be firewalled off from making such requests would be > >> able to send the retraining request to the relay and the relay passes to > >> dspam. > >> > >> > > If you are already inside the local network then you could go a simpler > > path by posting directly to DSPAM instead of going over a web server. > > > > > So the options could be... > > - send to dspam server on the lan > - send to dspam server on the wan > - send to dspam relay service > > I suppose all of these could be setup and a clever bit of coding > discovers what is available to the user (ie mobile worker) > It's funny we talk again about web services and DSPAM. Tell me one mail client that does web services out of the box? Outlook probably can do web services with the help of IE. I for sure know that Lotus Notes Client can talk to a web service. Have coded a SPAM/HAM plugin for Lotus Notes Client that exactly that. But I used Lotus Domino as the web service provider and then communicated from Notes to Domino to DSPAM. But to bring the discussion back to the original topic: What mail client is capable out of the box to do web services? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Throughout its 18-year history, RSA Conference consistently attracts the world's best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for Conference attendees to learn about information security's most important issues through interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging and established companies. http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsaconf-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Dspam-devel mailing list Dspam-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspam-devel
