[imp] Alert of new email

[Michael M Slusarz]

Please keep on the list.

Quoting jeffrey winter <jeffersonlinux at yahoo.com>:

| Dear Mr. Slusarz, thanks for the help.  True, the alert code is trivial.
| More
| specifically, I was wondering how the server communicates the
| "javascript:alert()" text to the browser: as either a client pull or server
| push.  If it's simply a matter of the page refreshing itself at regular
| intervals (using META tag, for example), that's not a problem.  But, if the
| server establishes an open HTTP connection to the client, and pushes out the
| alert when it detects new email, that might be a security concern.  Do you
| have any more detail that I can use?
|
| -- Jeffrey Winter
|
|
| --- Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at bigworm.colorado.edu> wrote:
| > Quoting jeffrey winter <jeffersonlinux at yahoo.com>:
| >
| > | Hi.  I'm considering using imp webmail for my small company.  I tested it
| > and
| > | it works great.  But, before we deploy it, I have a concern about the
| alert
| > | box
| > | that appears when a user receives a new email.  I would appreciate a
| > general
| > | description of how imp accomplishes this, and any security considerations
| > | related to it.
| >
| > javascript:alert().  I doubt there is many security considerations as it is
| > one of the most basic things that javascript does.  But you can go ahead
| and
| > research for youself if you want to.

Pages are refreshed using META tags - the preference to set the refresh time is
in the IMP preferences.

michael

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Michael Slusarz [slusarz at bigworm.colorado.edu]
The University of Colorado at Boulder