From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 28 19:06:21 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 A8853106566B for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:06:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeffrey@goldmark.org) Received: from out3.smtp.messagingengine.com (out3.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 761CB8FC0A for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:06:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.internal [10.202.2.42]) by gateway1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99E5BE9FF4; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:06:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:06:20 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=messagingengine.com; h=subject:mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; s=smtpout; bh=H5ji4SidVM/dnC5mYLgnI7WFruo=; b=IDdP7ODPYrpHMKBNclCXHyhtXeLN320jHTZoF9W/0vFZeEl3bGmgLXBHt8MLehqmwH9X2nCpz7AYw72CV0trvwfqG8u4VAaWnqkuCWms4vsU00f7yHbpD0XIbElKeDkmZalRqrWWAUWfWY1LzwnavAYA7cIAkHq69y74uN1Plmo= X-Sasl-enc: ITuInSUoGxkooSRqHezGUGXTbhHWHll7jhmN8lMdXAWs 1269803180 Received: from olympe.ewd.goldmark.org (n114.ewd.goldmark.org [72.64.118.114]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1B52F4C1C32; Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:06:20 -0400 (EDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1077) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Jeffrey Goldberg In-Reply-To: <4baef8de.00G1oLWhtZbJ8Rwl%perryh@pluto.rain.com> Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:06:19 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <4BAED536.2060205@rzweb.com> <4baef8de.00G1oLWhtZbJ8Rwl%perryh@pluto.rain.com> To: perryh@pluto.rain.com X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1077) Cc: Tim Judd , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "Ron \(Lists\)" Subject: Re: Freebsd, postfix and push email X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:06:21 -0000 On Mar 28, 2010, at 1:36 AM, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Er, no. POP3 and IMAP are "pull" services, wherein the client > polls the server periodically for any newly-arrived messages. IMAP, but not POP3, can be used to push, but the iPhone mail client = doesn't support that as far as I know. It does support being pushed to = over Mobile Me, but not on regular IMAP. -j --=20 Jeffrey Goldberg http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/