Re: Webmail - considerations...
On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Russell Coker wrote:
> Another thing, do the webmail systems use directory notifications? With
> directory notifications the application can be informed by the kernel
> when new files are created. The IMAP protocol supports announcing new
> mail to the client. If the mail store and the webmail system are on
> separate machines then IMAP is the only way to avoid polling for new mail
> (AFAIK directory notifications don't work over NFS).
Thanx, I didn't know this feature... Acctually, I'm not so familiar with
IMAP protocol yet...
> So now you're planning to write your own webmail program?
Yes, we need some nonusuall features...
> I suggest that when a user logs in they get an IMAP connection. An
> option to have the IMAP connection timeout and be closed before the
> webmail system times out (webmail timeout on no activity should be long
> like 30 minutes while IMAP timeout should be 10 minutes at most) would be
> handy, but isn't required. But generally IMAP connections should stay
> open for the duration of the session.
That's as I see it, thanx..
All the actual logic will be implemented in the middle tier daemon(s).
-=Czaj-nick=-
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