We would like to create a component to do some work between the mail client
(like thunderbird) and the mail server (that stores mails)
SMTP req. | My Proxy | SMTP Request
(send mail) |========================================================| transformed mail
Mail client ==============>| SMTP server ==> Processing on the mail ==> client
SMTP | =================> SMTP Server
POP req. | My Proxy | POP Request
|======================================================|
Mail client ==============>| POP server ==> Processing on the mail ==> client POP | ===================> POP Server
|
|
pop resp : |
|
transformed. mails |
| response : mail(s)
Mail client <========= | POP server <== Processing on the mail <== client POP
| <================== POP Server
IMAP req. | My Proxy | IMAP Request
|====================================================== |
Mail client ==============> | IMAP server ==> Processing on the mail ==> client IMAP| ===================> IMAP Server
|
|
IMAP resp : |
|
transformed. mails |
| response : mail(s)
Mail client <========= | IMAP server <== Processing on the mail <== client
IMAP| <================== IMAP Server
Regards,
guillaume Lundy
Robert Burrell Donkin a écrit :
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 2:03 PM, LUNDY Guillaume
IT&l...@bs<guillaume.lu...@orange-ftgroup.com> wrote:
Hi,
Is it possible to use James as an proxy beween the real mail server and the
heavy weight UI client (outlook, thunderbird...) .
perhaps but depending on what you mean by proxy, it may not be worthwhile
if you could explain more about your idea, that would be useful
It would be kind of proxy for Pop3, SMPT and IMAP protocols.
I would like James (used a a proxy)
- not to store mail (as it is a proxy)
- processes mails on the fly (in mailets)
james is good at processing mail :-)
but the mail protocols are not RESTful, and hard to proxy with gain
POP3, SMTP and IMAP are very different protocols, so let's take them
individually
setting up james so that a mailet forwards to another SMTP server is
quite straight forward. i'm not sure where the gain would be in this
arrangement, though.
POP3 is lightweight and AIUI most clients delete mail from the server
after download. it should be possible to create a proxy POP3 store
that would contact the storage server and request the mail from there.
again, unless james is going to store the mail, i'm not sure where the
gain is in this arrangement.
IMAP would be a tricky protocol to proxy. it would be possible to
cache copies of the mail on the proxying server but most cilents do
this anyway so i'm doubtful about any potential performance gains.
- robert
