Salut, we now have released a set of protocol plugins to transparently do the complete client <-> xmlBlaster server communication with emails instead of CORBA, SOCKET, XMLRPC etc.
Additionally it supports sending/receiving all xmlBlaster commands and messages using an ordinary email GUI (like pine, thunderbird, outlook ...). The email protocol layer has many configuration options like for example compressing the payload with zlib or setting an expiry header field. It is possible to use our simple XML script markup for communication so you can verify emails with XML Schemas in a clever firewall setup if needed. With emails you can usually pass most fire walls and still have the complete functionality! As all xmlBlaster core functionality is available (like queueing, sending ACKs, pings) you will never loose any message, you use the MOM as you would with for example CORBA. The framework protects automatically against email duplicates or sequence problems caused by some MTAs (mail transfer agents). For more details please read http://www.xmlblaster.org/xmlBlaster/doc/requirements/protocol.email.html enjoy, Marcel
