I don't see how it's possible without writing a server daemon that has access to the database. Otherwise the client will have access to everyone's mail.
Once you start doing that, you're almost reinventing the wheel, so why bother? I would bet if you gave it some thought you could make a server that was faster than pop or imap, but is it worth it? What about including some dbmail specific commands for the existing pop server that would take advantage of capabilities of the system. Your client could use them, but the overall server would still be compatible with the pop standard (or IMAP for that matter..) my half a cent.. -Micah On Mon January 05 2004 11:25 am, Eelco van Beek - IC&S wrote: > Hi All, > > I want to create a native dbmail client. Not a webbased client but a > full e-mail application for both windows and os X. My main problem is > authentication. Since i won't be using pop or imap i don't really know > how to handle authentication. The MySQL authentication meganism won't > suffice since it only authenticates on Tables, not on rows.. > > I've been thinking about this for quite a long time but i don't see a > real solution (except to create an intermediate language. The problem > with that is that some new wheels are needed to be re-invented..). > > Anybody? > > Best regards, > > Eelco > > _________________________ > E.J.A. van Beek > ICT Manager > IC&S > T: +31 30 6355730 > F: +31 30 6355731 > > PGP-key: > www.ic-s.nl/keys/eelco.txt > > _______________________________________________ > Dbmail mailing list > Dbmail@dbmail.org > https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail
