Gosh it would be nice to get a chance to see these release notes and make
comments.
Any chance of that?
-Pete
----- Original Message -----
From: Grant Griffith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, December 03, 1999 10:41 AM
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] drafts for web mail
> 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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