Guys I do not wish to start a flaming thread here but here are my 2 cents
In push technology you actually choose to receive that data .. may be a
channel update from Microsoft IE 4.0 or a pointcast app in realplayer G2 ..
Once subscribed , on dialing to the net the app informs the site of your
online presence which triggers the data being pushed ...
Whereas in email you get it wheather you want it or not ... However
procmail's filtering with /dev/null does a good job ;-)
Hence it cannot be termed as "push" technology
www.pointcast.com for more details ...
Try realplayer G2 for Win and its got a load of channel subscriptions ....
Had seen this stuff around 7-8 months back when the concept of channels got
into I.E 4.0...
However I'd appreciate a good discussion but please do not flood the list
!!!
>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.
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>----- 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
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>> 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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