Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 23:36:14 -0700 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: tajudd@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, rg.lists@rzweb.com Subject: Re: Freebsd, postfix and push email Message-ID: <4baef8de.00G1oLWhtZbJ8Rwl%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <ade45ae91003272212j297b1ca2o57fbf682b1832951@mail.gmail.com> References: <4BAED536.2060205@rzweb.com> <ade45ae91003272212j297b1ca2o57fbf682b1832951@mail.gmail.com>
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Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> wrote: > On 3/27/10, Ron (Lists) <rg.lists@rzweb.com> wrote: > > Is there a way to get my freebsd/postfix setup to send push > > notifications to an iPhone ... I know it can be done with > > Exchange and ActiveSync, but I don't want to run any kind of > > exchange server. > > Wouldn't push email be a function of your POP3 or IMAP server? > FreeBSD and Postfix are neither of those. Er, no. POP3 and IMAP are "pull" services, wherein the client polls the server periodically for any newly-arrived messages. A client-level "push" service would need to operate similarly to biff(1)/comsat(8).
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