Szerző: Ian Eiloart Dátum: Címzett: W B Hacker CC: exim users Tárgy: Re: [exim] Exim 5.x
On 19 May 2011, at 13:35, W B Hacker wrote:
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>> part allows integration with an IMAP server, a message is submitted
>> with a an IMAP url to allow forward without download, etc.
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> ??
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> IF the content is already located at a URI, all that is needed is the URI. We all get such - mostly as advertising.
No, the point is not to put a URI in a message, but to put it in the SMTP conversation. The URI refers to some content to be found on an IMAP server. The SMTP server fetches that content, and appends it to the message. The point is to avoid having your mobile device upload a large attachment that's already available on the server.
> Looking just at the ages of RFC's from six to seventeen years old - it seems what was found useful enough to gain traction, did so ... and has been actioned.
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> The rest?
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> Seems the world has been in no hurry to drink that kool-aide, er scratch that
Well 8bitmime is implemented almost everywhere. The thing is, I can't turn it on without installing a non-Exim smart host to downgrade messages that I send to other Exim sites! I'd have to do this with all my outbound 8bit mail. I guess I could use $smtp_command in the MAIL ACL to work out which mail to send, and perhaps route that mail through our Exchange server. (sorry!)
Sites with significant numbers of mobile users ought to be considering whether their MSA servers support LEMONADE features that are supported by mobile clients.
The rest, we'd want to see how mobile providers are getting on. Here are some findings from Apple (not huge, but a serious player in the mobile market), MSN and AOL
Apple's ME.COM (Oracle Communications Messaging Exchange Server) provides this
