> What I mainly want to do is write classes for functionality that CF > doesn't provide. Right now, <CFPOP> isn't working for me. It's not > doing what it says it can, i.e., returning UID's for messages. Mosh > (the CF King) turned me on to how to read mail via a telnet session. > Well, if I could do this with a Java class through which I could > activate via a tag, that'd be great.
At the risk of sounding repetetive, CFPOP pre or post Java mail has several inadequacies and they are exactly the reason why I wrote and still maintain CFX_POP3. If you are running on a Windows platform then it is definitely worth giving CFX_POP3 a try as from experience, it outperforms CFPOP in several areas. The tag also includes a logging capability and logs whether or not your server supports UIDs at all so from that point of view it intelligently degrades its functions to allow you to work with either UID's or messagenumbers. Moving on to what Paul mentioned about how UID's work with the POP protocol, they are merely an abstraction and you can get messages using the UID but it does introduce a minor performance hit. Essentially, when the POP session starts, you issue a UIDL command that retrieves a list on message numbers and their UID values. You can then search this list for the correct UID and retrieve the message by its number. It's straighforward enough to do. Deleting by UID works in the same way as the POP protocol only really understands messagenumbers... It is up to the client to handle the mappings between the UID and the respective message number. Paul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:10:5273 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/10 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:10 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.10 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
