Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:36:38 +0200 From: Ross Cameron <abalour@gmail.com> To: "Ron (Lists)" <rg.lists@rzweb.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd, postfix and push email Message-ID: <35f70db11003280636p2049ec16k5e207e7ea0416341@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4BAED536.2060205@rzweb.com> References: <4BAED536.2060205@rzweb.com>
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On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 6:04 AM, 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 assume other smart phones work the same way). =C2=A0I've sea=
rched
> the web and I can't find any information about how to make this work. =C2=
=A0I
> know it can be done with Exchange and ActiveSync, but I don't want to run
> any kind of exchange server.
>
> Thanks for any help, or even a point in the right direction.
FreeBSD is an OS
Postfix is an SMTP server.
What you want is a email push daemon.
What I would use (and indeed do use) is Funambol, its and open source
push media server.
And there are software clients for most smart phone OSs.
--=20
"Opportunity is most often missed by people because it is dressed in
overalls and looks like work."
Thomas Alva Edison
Inventor of 1093 patents, including:
The light bulb, phonogram and motion pictures.
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