From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 28 13:36:59 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E8C21065670 for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 13:36:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from abalour@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f183.google.com (mail-iw0-f183.google.com [209.85.223.183]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 358448FC19 for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 13:36:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn13 with SMTP id 13so7923277iwn.14 for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 06:36:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:from:date:received:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=kdhRYcu1x/c5RaNUMfHze9QjQxVVZwOKRuqoP4fn4MI=; b=D32d8SvO/LiLjUnohYBKgK9Peik7B6+8JJDxotg2x52iofC4OAVFkMVoI7SLtMhWby 3yGvul2OuHNgjzI+J7657YqYSGsCtUfNzIKdb3SomPZQRSg/tmAhoCOIDlhi9T+gGMJt sNNae2UsqmKWYQpe+abWFv9G5aAdPWCYTqtwc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=h7xNxKnC6kJn6lVbXv9mfx8FWoU1fPItuZ8XJ9RS7VJMA4ACkri5ZPVmjtskgnolLo u9/WieFXn5KDCZETZohJpqArBlCnb61RsLi6FRvInaEJyNumSauvFoH1XWb8YI72Mb0+ hjoAn2a99gZ+9fg0toklqQwdnipirrzpd0Wbs= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.173.134 with HTTP; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 06:36:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4BAED536.2060205@rzweb.com> References: <4BAED536.2060205@rzweb.com> From: Ross Cameron Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:36:38 +0200 Received: by 10.231.161.12 with SMTP id p12mr664912ibx.31.1269783418103; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 06:36:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <35f70db11003280636p2049ec16k5e207e7ea0416341@mail.gmail.com> To: "Ron (Lists)" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd, postfix and push email X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: ross.cameron@linuxpro.co.za List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 13:36:59 -0000 On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 6:04 AM, Ron (Lists) 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.