> I was trying to pick apart how the program works last weekend and I
believe
> I'd be able to do this, but I'd rather have something solid I can work
from
> rather than spin my wheels trying tofigure out how the system works.
The key thing to remember is that IMail generates the HTML pages, using its
own proprietary tags (not Microsoft ones).
The tags are documented quite well in the "tags.doc" file. Be forewarned,
though, if you're an ASP guy, you may say "huh? That's not what I wanted."
> For example, when the user views his mailbox, I have to assume that IMail
> doesn't parse out the mailbox looking for subject headers - that they are
> stored elsehwere. Things like that.
That piece isn't documented. IMail uses a Unix-style mailbox format, and
has an index file that points to the beginning of each message within the
mailbox. But, be careful if you try using that file directly -- it is sorted
based on the users' preferences, which are in another (undocumented) file.
If I were you, I'd either work with IMail's tags without ASP (until you
understand fully how IMail's tags work), or use ASP with POP3/SMTP
(bypassing IMail's web messaging completely). IMail's tags are extremely
flexible once you understand them, letting you do things like have context
menu address books, new E-mails in pop-up windows, "ESC" to close those
windows, etc.
-Scott
Declude: Anti-spam and Anti-virus solutions for IMail.
http://www.declude.com
So my question is:
1) Has anyone built an ASP front-end for IMail?
2) Can I get detailed tech-specs somewhere?
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