(keitai-l) Re: Simpler iMode Email Question

From: Mika Tuupola <tuupola_at_appelsiini.net>
Date: 11/21/03
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10311210912030.8600-100000@aurinko>
On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Bill Volk wrote:

>> What reasons do you have for saying there appears to be a mailbox. ? (I
>> am neutral on the issue - I guess a simpler implementation is just to
>> keep it in a queue....)

> Well, because a computer user can send an email to a DoCoMo iMode phone
> ... there HAS to be a server dealing with the SMTP packets ... BECAUSE
> it doesn't require any special software to SEND an email to a iMode
> phone ... any email client can do so.

	Sorry but I have to ask this. Do you fully understand the
	difference between mail transfer and mail storage? SMTP
	(Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) does _not_ automatically
	mean there has to be a "mailbox" in the receiving end.

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Mika Tuupola                      http://www.appelsiini.net/~tuupola/
Received on Fri Nov 21 09:14:32 2003