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