[imp] HTTPMail

[Michael M Slusarz]

Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:

> HTTPMail is actually WebDAV, so there is nothing proprietary about  
> it. And I think what he means is using IMP as a server, not as a  
> client.

Not anymore.  The successor to HTTPMail (used by Windows Live Mail)  
apparently uses encryption in at least a portion of the protocol (see  
http://blog.danielparnell.com/?p=54).  This protocol feature, along  
with the fact that Microsoft is fairly consistent about preventing  
outside access to the servers (I'm pretty sure it's in the website  
license), makes a pretty strong D.M.C.A. violation, at least according  
to the way many courts have ruled in similar cases.

michael

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