Re: Freebsd, postfix and push email

2010-03-30 Thread Jonathan McKeown
On Tuesday 30 March 2010 09:31:00 Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 30/03/2010 03:01:27, Tim Judd wrote: > > I've never heard of either, but when I configure my IMAP server and > > put any mail client to it, as soon as a mail is delivered, the mail > > client is notified. > > That's the IDLE extension to

Re: Freebsd, postfix and push email

2010-03-30 Thread Matthew Seaman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 30/03/2010 03:01:27, Tim Judd wrote: > I've never heard of either, but when I configure my IMAP server and > put any mail client to it, as soon as a mail is delivered, the mail > client is notified. That's the IDLE extension to IMAPv4 -- it's not a

Re: Freebsd, postfix and push email

2010-03-29 Thread Adam Vande More
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 8:01 PM, Tim Judd wrote: > I've never heard of either, but when I configure my IMAP server and > put any mail client to it, as soon as a mail is delivered, the mail > client is notified. > > I don't use biff or comsat or anything similar. mine is a simple IMAP > server pu

Re: Freebsd, postfix and push email

2010-03-29 Thread Tim Judd
On 3/27/10, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Tim Judd wrote: >> On 3/27/10, Ron (Lists) wrote: >> > Is there a way to get my freebsd/postfix setup to send push >> > notifications to an iPhone ... I know it can be done with >> > Exchange and ActiveSync, but I don't want to run any kind of >> > exch

Re: Freebsd, postfix and push email

2010-03-28 Thread perryh
Dan Nelson wrote: > For ActiveSync at least, the phone has to keep a TCP connection to > the server open 24/7, and the server sends a notification when a > new mail arrives. MobileMe probably works the same way. The IMAP > protocol supports a similar "notify on new mail" option, but for > some r

Re: Freebsd, postfix and push email

2010-03-28 Thread Jeffrey Goldberg
On Mar 28, 2010, at 3:49 PM, krad wrote: > On 28 March 2010 21:38, Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Mar 28), Ron said: > > Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: > > > IMAP, but not POP3, can be used to push, but the iPhone mail client > > > doesn't support that [...] > > So how is Mobil Me and Exchan

Re: Freebsd, postfix and push email

2010-03-28 Thread krad
On 28 March 2010 21:38, Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Mar 28), Ron said: > > Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: > > > On Mar 28, 2010, at 1:36 AM, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > > >> Er, no. POP3 and IMAP are "pull" services, wherein the client polls > > >> the server periodically for any newly-

Re: Freebsd, postfix and push email

2010-03-28 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Mar 28), Ron said: > Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: > > On Mar 28, 2010, at 1:36 AM, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > >> Er, no. POP3 and IMAP are "pull" services, wherein the client polls > >> the server periodically for any newly-arrived messages. > > > > IMAP, but not POP3, can be

Re: Freebsd, postfix and push email

2010-03-28 Thread Ron
Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: On Mar 28, 2010, at 1:36 AM, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Er, no. POP3 and IMAP are "pull" services, wherein the client polls the server periodically for any newly-arrived messages. IMAP, but not POP3, can be used to push, but the iPhone mail client doesn't support

Re: Freebsd, postfix and push email

2010-03-28 Thread Jeffrey Goldberg
On Mar 28, 2010, at 1:36 AM, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Er, no. POP3 and IMAP are "pull" services, wherein the client > polls the server periodically for any newly-arrived messages. IMAP, but not POP3, can be used to push, but the iPhone mail client doesn't support that as far as I know. I

Re: Freebsd, postfix and push email

2010-03-28 Thread Ross Cameron
On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 6:04 AM, Ron (Lists) wrote: > Is there a way to get my freebsd/postfix setup to send push notifications to > an iPhone (I assume other smart phones work the same way).  I've searched > the web and I can't find any information about how to make this work.  I > know it can be

Re: Freebsd, postfix and push email

2010-03-28 Thread Alejandro Imass
On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 12:04 AM, Ron (Lists) wrote: > Is there a way to get my freebsd/postfix setup to send push notifications to > an iPhone (I assume other smart phones work the same way).  I've searched > the web and I can't find any information about how to make this work.  I > know it can b

Re: Freebsd, postfix and push email

2010-03-28 Thread Matthew Seaman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 28/03/2010 05:04:06, Ron (Lists) wrote: > Is there a way to get my freebsd/postfix setup to send push > notifications to an iPhone (I assume other smart phones work the same > way). I've searched the web and I can't find any information about how >

Re: Freebsd, postfix and push email

2010-03-27 Thread perryh
Tim Judd wrote: > On 3/27/10, Ron (Lists) wrote: > > Is there a way to get my freebsd/postfix setup to send push > > notifications to an iPhone ... I know it can be done with > > Exchange and ActiveSync, but I don't want to run any kind of > > exchange server. > > Wouldn't push email be a functio

Re: Freebsd, postfix and push email

2010-03-27 Thread Tim Judd
On 3/27/10, Ron (Lists) wrote: > Is there a way to get my freebsd/postfix setup to send push notifications to > an iPhone (I assume other smart phones work the same way). I've searched > the web and I can't find any information about how to make this work. I > know it can be done with Exchange a