> You comment that Imail tries to remember HTTP status. I would
> presume this is for security... logout upon a period of inactivity..
Actually, the web being "stateless" means that each HTTP connection is separate, and
is not connected to others in any way. This is unlike SMTP, for example, where you
have one connection that has multiple transactions performed on it (and different
states, such as 'entering recipient names', 'entering message body', etc.).
The problem with web mail and other such programs is that they have to have a way of
identifying users from one hit to the next. There are a number of ways that this can
be done, such as checking IP address (although this doesn't work with Prodigy + AOL),
using the web "basic authentication (the pop-up box asking for username/password), or
having a code on the URL (as IMail does).
> I see FTP instances in TCP/IP, so it appears you are using FTP to
> transfer attachments in webmail.
IMail doesn't have FTP built into it, as far as I know, so I doubt it was from web
mail. A web site can have a link to an FTP file, but downloads are done through HTTP.
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