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09/04/2006, 20h41

On Sun, 9 Apr 2006, halayli@gmail.com wrote:
> I will be using the imap protocol for news distribution coming from
> agencies like reuters afp, ap etc to journalists. I want to inform the
> journalist about the news as soon as it comes. The network environment
> is controlled. The idea is to send(email) the news as it comes to
> specific mailboxes and using my custom client program the journalist
> will be able to read the news and get new ones as it arrives.

What you want is a concept called "notifications". As you noted, this is
something that is best done with a "push" type protocol, whereas IMAP is
primarily a "pull" type protocol.

I suggest that you take a look at the work being done in the IETF with
notification protocols, such as the work in the Lemonade Working Group.

-- Mark --

http://panda.com/mrc
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what to eat for lunch.
Liberty is a well-armed sheep contesting the vote.

09/04/2006, 20h41	#4
Mark Crispin Messages: n/a Hébergeur:	Re: c-client & IDLE On Sun, 9 Apr 2006, halayli@gmail.com wrote: > I will be using the imap protocol for news distribution coming from > agencies like reuters afp, ap etc to journalists. I want to inform the > journalist about the news as soon as it comes. The network environment > is controlled. The idea is to send(email) the news as it comes to > specific mailboxes and using my custom client program the journalist > will be able to read the news and get new ones as it arrives. What you want is a concept called "notifications". As you noted, this is something that is best done with a "push" type protocol, whereas IMAP is primarily a "pull" type protocol. I suggest that you take a look at the work being done in the IETF with notification protocols, such as the work in the Lemonade Working Group. -- Mark -- http://panda.com/mrc Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what to eat for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed sheep contesting the vote.