exchange email?

[David Ford]

Personally I don't think we need to invent a new term for existing 
technology.  You still call your computer a computer even though it's no 
longer based on an  8088 CPU.  I think far too many people spend far too 
much time making new names and reinventing wheels rather than just 
making the current wheel better.

:)

-david

Redvers Davies wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-01-21 at 11:51 -0500, Dean Collins wrote:
>   
>> Hmmm well I'm not an expert so whatever you say however from my
>> understanding it is the server that notifies the handset that there is
>> email available for it not the handset polling the server.
>>     
>
> Thinking laterally, since handsets are NAT'd to the outside world it is
> impossible[0] for external mail-servers to notify the handset by making
> an incoming connection.
>
> The session has to be active the whole time and initiated by the client.
>
> How about, instead of calling it "push-email" we refer to it as
> near-real-time.  At least it's more accurate.
>
> I have some ideas as to how this can be achieved without modifying the
> mail client.  I don't want to elaborate until I know for sure which mail
> client will be the default.
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Red
>
> [0] For the value of impossible where we don't have access to the cell
> companies network configuration.
>
>