On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 01:00:51AM +0100, John P wrote:
> I've seen some offices have new mail delivered 'instantly' to their Outlook
> users - I presume it's when done in conjunction with Exchange. That is, as
> soon as the server recieves the e-mail, it is put in the user's folder and
> they are notified with the little envelope (and annoying sound). I think it
> works over NetBIOS.
>
> Will it work via Qmail and a centrally-held POP3 store?
It won't work by default, but something like that could be made to work.
Basically, it is delivered instantly to their pop mailbox, and the trick
is to deliver the notification. I seem to recall that samba had support
for winpopup messages -- if you could live with those (perhaps delaying
popups if the user has an active pop session, etc.)
--
Raul
