hotmail.com).
In these systems, the mail is delivered to an SMTP mailbox, as
usual. However, the user agent function is provided by a Web server
and CGI (see later) combination running on the same system as the
mailbox is located. The great attraction is that the user can
access their mailbox from any Web browser and any location.The main disadvantage of these systems, compared to POP (and IMAP) based email clients, is their slower performance, and more limited functionality. There are also privacy and/or security considerations, since the user's mailbox is stored on a remote system where the attitudes, ethics and competence of the system manager are unknown.
| Lecture 4: Applications #2: Email | Copyright © 2003 P.Scott, La Trobe University Bendigo. |
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