Re: Email Push Service :) smtp+dnotify+Asterisk+... :)

2007-02-01 Thread Redvers Davies
On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 16:14 -0800, Elliot F. wrote: The best point that Robert made in his original post was that there are out of band methods of alerting the phone that a new message is available (call from known number or SMS message.) As far as I know, this is how current push email

Re: Email Push Service :) smtp+dnotify+Asterisk+... :)

2007-01-31 Thread Elliot F.
David Ford wrote: It's a great idea, never thought otherwise. My comment should be taken to mean, don't reinvent the wheel, take the existing wheel, sand it down like new, and refinish it so it's all bright and shiny again. What if we want a wheel with rubber, rather than just bare wood?

Re: Email Push Service :) smtp+dnotify+Asterisk+... :)

2007-01-31 Thread David Ford
Elliot Foster wrote: David Ford wrote: It's a great idea, never thought otherwise. My comment should be taken to mean, don't reinvent the wheel, take the existing wheel, sand it down like new, and refinish it so it's all bright and shiny again. What if we want a wheel with rubber, rather

Re: Email Push Service :) smtp+dnotify+Asterisk+... :)

2007-01-31 Thread Elliot F.
Redvers Davies wrote: On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 23:49 -0800, Elliot F. wrote: Google talk has a persistent connection between the client and the server. With a persistent connection, pushing data is pretty easy. We have to use a persistant connection as most GSM networks use private address

Email Push Service :) smtp+dnotify+Asterisk+... :)

2007-01-30 Thread Robert Michel
Salve, I can't understand why Blackberry and other has become so big into the market, because the server side software for a push service are normal linux admins tools. But wait - the client side need some open programmable devices - like OpenMoko and the Neo1973 :))) When GPRS is always on,

Re: Email Push Service :) smtp+dnotify+Asterisk+... :)

2007-01-30 Thread David Ford
Elliot F. wrote: Or you could simply modify the mail server to trigger a script when a message is delivered, rather than having to poll each directory/file. A procmail/maildrop filter would be one way to implement it easily (allowing you to filter for messages from specific people, to certain

Re: Email Push Service :) smtp+dnotify+Asterisk+... :)

2007-01-30 Thread Jae Stutzman
I have been playing around with MGTalk which is a java midlet for google talk. It has some sort of push email notification that works with my gmail account. I have not looked any deeper but maybe using a modified jabber server one could create an open source push email server. Although it is nice

Re: Email Push Service :) smtp+dnotify+Asterisk+... :)

2007-01-30 Thread Andreas Kostyrka
* Elliot F. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070131 03:45]: Robert Michel wrote: Salve, I can't understand why Blackberry and other has become so big into the market, because the server side software for a push service are normal linux admins tools. But wait - the client side need some open programmable

Re: Email Push Service :) smtp+dnotify+Asterisk+... :)

2007-01-30 Thread Elliot F.
David Ford wrote: Elliot F. wrote: Or you could simply modify the mail server to trigger a script when a message is delivered, rather than having to poll each directory/file. A procmail/maildrop filter would be one way to implement it easily (allowing you to filter for messages from specific

Re: Email Push Service :) smtp+dnotify+Asterisk+... :)

2007-01-30 Thread Elliot F.
Andreas Kostyrka wrote: * Elliot F. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070131 03:45]: Or you could simply modify the mail server to trigger a script when a message is delivered, rather than having to poll each directory/file. A procmail/maildrop filter would be one way to implement it easily (allowing you to

Re: Email Push Service :) smtp+dnotify+Asterisk+... :)

2007-01-30 Thread Elliot F.
Google talk has a persistent connection between the client and the server. With a persistent connection, pushing data is pretty easy. Jae Stutzman wrote: I have been playing around with MGTalk which is a java midlet for google talk. It has some sort of push email notification that works with