in my view, all e-mail is *already* based on a form of push technology. the
sender *pushes* data (e-mail) to the receiver, whether the receiver wants it
or not.
----- Original Message -----
From: sandesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Linux Users Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 12:44 AM
Subject: Re: Push technology mail in Linux OS
>
> Are you sure that lotus notes uses push technology ????!!!
> I don't think so ...
> Any comments ...
>
>
> >this was not my question???
> >Actually I want to implement as a mail system similar to Lotus notes
using
> >linux mail server and outlook express as the mail/groupware
client.similar
> >to push technology of LOTUS notes.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Vinod Balakrishnan [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 12:02 AM
> >To: D S Domal; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Re: Push technology mail in Linux OS
> >
> >
> >On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, D S Domal wrote:
> >
> >> We install Linux (Red-hot 5.2) mail server in our office which is on a
> >> Novell NetWare 5 and client is with win'95 using outlook as a mail
client
> >> to send & receive mail. Know we want to implement push technology on
> >Linux
> >> mail server i.e. when mail comes to any user it should push the mail to
> >> that particular user instantly this will save our time instead of
> >checking
> >> mail in every 15 minutes. Can any one help on this issue.
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >(NOTE: This may sound slightly cryptic to those who're new to DNS and
> >mailservers. I'm sorry about that but this is the best I can do for a
> >short explanation in the right direction. A detailed discussion could
> >ensue at one of our meetings, probably after we go through the relavant
> >HOWTO's)
> >
> > What you're looking at is a good DNS setup! You have to setup a
> >primary DNS in your main office which talks to subdomainized secondary
DNS
> >at the locations from where you plan to check mail every 15 min (lets
> >call this location xyz). You need a master alias file on the primary DNS
> >which has to be replicated (and kept sync'ed) on the secondary DNS as
> >well.
> > Now, when you receive a mail on your main office server, it does a
> >DNS lookup for the recipient and it finds that he/she is at 'xyz'. You
> >have to specify in the secondary DNS that the MX (mail exchanger) for the
> >location xyz is your linux machine (mailserver) at that location. So it
> >forwards the mail for that recipient to your mailserver at location xyz.
> >
> >That solves your problem.
> >
> >regards
> >Vinod
> >
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