(keitai-l) Re: Simpler iMode Email Question

From: Bill Volk <bvolk_at_teknikcorp.com>
Date: 11/21/03
Message-ID: <019d01c3afd0$e6390220$6601a8c0@bvolk>
Ben,

Thanks for the information.  I guess I need to find out the HTTP based
protocol for retrieving/managing mail from iMode.

Bill


-----Original Message-----
From: keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net
[mailto:keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net] On Behalf Of Ben Hutchings
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 1:16 PM
To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
Subject: (keitai-l) Re: Simpler iMode Email Question

Bill Volk wrote:
> I'm still confused.
> 
> Obviously there is a SMTP compliant server somewhere in the system, or
> else you couldn't SEND email to a iMode phone from a computer.

Right.

> Therefore there IS a mailbox for each user.

No, that doesn't follow at all.  In fact there does appear to be a
mailbox but it's not easily accessible.

> The issue is, is there a POP server out there that will let client
> software access emails from something other than a phone.

The European i-mode services have a documented HTTP-based protocol for
retrieving mail.  I think Japanese i-mode may be similar.

> If I had that, I could launch a anti-spam service in Japan.  Your
phone
> would be spared any spam that you didn't want to get.

It might be possible to do it with a Java applet on the handset but it
wouldn't work properly unless it could intercept new-mail
notifications.  It could not be done by a program running elsewhere
because (a) new mail is automatically retrieved by the handset and (b)
authentication is based solely on the client address if I'm not
mistaken.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Received on Fri Nov 21 03:45:39 2003