Re: exchange email?

2007-01-22 Thread Jon Phillips
On Sun, 2007-01-21 at 11:21 -0500, David Ford wrote: The term Push email comes from a client signing on to the server and issuing a look for ... instruction to the server. Also known as idling or long-delay poll. The logic of it is to have the client only issue new look for ...

RE: exchange email?

2007-01-22 Thread Redvers Davies
On Sun, 2007-01-21 at 11:51 -0500, Dean Collins wrote: Hmmm well I'm not an expert so whatever you say however from my understanding it is the server that notifies the handset that there is email available for it not the handset polling the server. Thinking laterally, since handsets are NAT'd

Re: exchange email?

2007-01-22 Thread David Ford
Personally I don't think we need to invent a new term for existing technology. You still call your computer a computer even though it's no longer based on an 8088 CPU. I think far too many people spend far too much time making new names and reinventing wheels rather than just making the

Re: exchange email?

2007-01-21 Thread David Ford
Microsoft push email isn't push at all. If you read the specifications, it's just another method of polling a server to determine if and what segments of new content is ready for transfer. Just like ETRN, POP3, and IMAP, none of it requires human intervention and all of it can poll for new

Re: exchange email?

2007-01-21 Thread David Ford
The term Push email comes from a client signing on to the server and issuing a look for ... instruction to the server. Also known as idling or long-delay poll. The logic of it is to have the client only issue new look for ... instructions when those instructions change, and until the client

RE: exchange email?

2007-01-21 Thread Dean Collins
-5642 (Sydney in-dial). -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Ford Sent: Sunday, 21 January 2007 10:51 AM To: community@lists.openmoko.org Subject: Re: exchange email? Microsoft push email isn't push at all. If you read the specifications

Re: exchange email?

2007-01-21 Thread David Ford
(Sydney in-dial). -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Ford Sent: Sunday, 21 January 2007 10:51 AM To: community@lists.openmoko.org Subject: Re: exchange email? Microsoft push email isn't push at all. If you read the specifications, it's

Re: exchange email?

2007-01-20 Thread Steve Nicholson
They have been round for a while. Haven't used any but there are commercial and OSS versions available now. http://www.google.com/search?hl=enq=linux+exchange+connector Thanks Steve On 20/01/2007, at 5:55 PM, Todd Conley wrote: I just started reading about openmoko today and am very

Re: exchange email?

2007-01-20 Thread Richi Plana
On Sat, 2007-01-20 at 15:55 -0800, Todd Conley wrote: I just started reading about openmoko today and am very excited. I manage 1200+ windows mobile phones for a corporation and have always wanted to be able to do so much with these devices. Are there any current open-source projects out there