We looked into using the messaging API to do our communication, but
according to our source at RIM, we couldn't keep these messages from
showing up in the mail queue. (In a tech support chat, you don't want every
chat message appearing as an email.) Also, their mail server can get very
slow and flaky at times, which wasn't acceptable for our application. So,
that left the Radio API or some middleware. We were using SWS from RIM for
communications. It has a fairly easy-to-implement API and does multi-packet
delivery and encryption. The problem is that it isn't going to ship for an
unknown number of months. We're looking into NetTech now.
At 09:20 AM 4/20/00 -0400, you wrote:
>On 20-Apr-2000 Vineel Shah wrote:
>
> > 1. The RimOS isn't better than the PalmOS. On the other hand, it's really
> > not that hard to code for. ...(snip)... If you use 3rd party communication
> > software, like NetTech, you can send multi-k messages without resorting to
> > the Radio API, which isn't great.
>
>Actually I believe you can send multi-k messages just using the built-in
>message.dll and appropriate calls; i.e. create_message(), add_recipient(),
>add_field_text(), send_message().
>
>It's the receiving part that is difficult because the Messaging API doesn't
>provide for a way for user applications to read incoming email without
>resorting to the packet level. Though it is my understanding that some
>programs use the Database API to detect when new records are added to the
>email database and they get the data that way. Otherwise you'll have to
>snoop the incoming packets and do the IPS (Interactive Paging Service) packet
>assembly; i.e. because raw packets are 512 bytes.
>
>
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