John P wrote:
>
> I've seen some offices have new mail delivered 'instantly' to their Outlook
> users - I presume it's when done in conjunction with Exchange. That is, as
> soon as the server recieves the e-mail, it is put in the user's folder and
> they are notified with the little envelope (and annoying sound). I think it
> works over NetBIOS.
>
> Will it work via Qmail and a centrally-held POP3 store?
Without knowing how it really works, that's hard to say. But if Excange
is simply sending a notification to the user to _check_ his/her mail, then
you would have to know how to simulate that notification from your mail
machine. If you could do that, then you could certainly write a simple
script to send that notification whenever new mail arrives.
Personally, just I have my MUA check the server every 10 minutes - most
MUAs will check as often as 1 minute. I don't really see much difference
between getting email notification instantly and getting it up to 59
seconds after it arrives.
Eric
