Ben,
Thanks for the information. I guess I need to find out the HTTP based
protocol for retrieving/managing mail from iMode.
Bill
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From: keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net
[mailto:keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net] On Behalf Of Ben Hutchings
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 1:16 PM
To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
Subject: (keitai-l) Re: Simpler iMode Email Question
Bill Volk wrote:
> I'm still confused.
>
> Obviously there is a SMTP compliant server somewhere in the system, or
> else you couldn't SEND email to a iMode phone from a computer.
Right.
> Therefore there IS a mailbox for each user.
No, that doesn't follow at all. In fact there does appear to be a
mailbox but it's not easily accessible.
> The issue is, is there a POP server out there that will let client
> software access emails from something other than a phone.
The European i-mode services have a documented HTTP-based protocol for
retrieving mail. I think Japanese i-mode may be similar.
> If I had that, I could launch a anti-spam service in Japan. Your
phone
> would be spared any spam that you didn't want to get.
It might be possible to do it with a Java applet on the handset but it
wouldn't work properly unless it could intercept new-mail
notifications. It could not be done by a program running elsewhere
because (a) new mail is automatically retrieved by the handset and (b)
authentication is based solely on the client address if I'm not
mistaken.
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Ben Hutchings
Received on Fri Nov 21 03:45:39 2003