Any ActiveX or API Components??? Just want a hint so I know whether to start on
something else myself!
Thanks,
Grant
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Dave MacMillan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 99 10:10:13 EDT
>This from the 6.0 beta release notes:
>
>Web Messaging enhancements for users
>------------------------------------
>...
>Ability to save unfinished/unsent messages in a Draft
>folder.
>
>(6.0 is expected first quarter 2000.)
>
>Dave
>
>In reply to 03 Dec message from [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>
>
>>>Perhaps I dont' exactly understand "draft".
>
>>nor I.
>
>>> If it means you can input a message and then manipulate it prior to
>>> submission to the smtp then I had planned on including that with the
>>> "web" application I eventually will offer our clients.
>
>>I guess draft means input now, save, quit, and then
>>retrieve/edit/send later??
>
>>>However, I had never even considered that Ipswitch might offer
>components.
>
>>they haven't, yet. What's requested is API to their Imail
>>functions, so they could be scripted like serverobjects.com's are.
>>I bet Ipswitch, if they offeer an API, will do it through an
>>fairly expensive SDK, with support contracts. They have some
>>experience in that with their ftp products.
>
>>>My intention was to use ASPs and
>>><http://www.serverobjects.com>http://www.serverobjects.com ASPQMail
>and
>>>ASPPOP3 components for sending and receiving.
>
>>Then that can be different from Imail's Web msgsing completely, if
>>you wanted to write your own Web messaging application for POP3 or
>>IMAP. www.kbmail.com has one in Java already.
>
>>>customer information is needed this works very nicely. The
>create/edit
>>>message phase can be very complex
>
>>yeah, ime, it ain't worth it. Edit the msg in a form TEXTAREA,
>>and maybe the ability to save it without sending it, but that gets
>>into a database application.
>
>>>I had looked at
>>><http://www.chado-software.com>http://www.chado-software.com spelling
>>>checker server based component for one of the composition parts since
>some
>>>clients want spell checking. It works nicely but is a little tedious
>for
>>>me. Their ActiveX client-side component is great but of course only
>works
>>>with MS.
>
>>spell checking is great, but I see web messaging, when used an
>>feature alongside Imail POP3 and IMAP mail delivery, as not where
>>people compose great texts of literature but quickies/on-the-run.
>>Web msging is great, but in most of the world with metered local
>>calls, people don't spend any more time that is required in web
>>messaging, probably.
>
>>>
>>>I don't quite understand the need to use IMAIl's app exclusively
>
>>There isn't, but I got the impressions the objective was to add
>>"draft/send later" to Imail Web Messaging. I was pointing out that
>>Imail web messaging is not very open just to HTML adaptations, let
>>alone co-operating with add-on programs.
>
>>Len
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