Dynamic email using ColdFusion and the inFusion Mail Server

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Dynamic e-mail using ColdFusion and the inFusion
Mail Server

• Howie Hamlin
• On-Line Data Solutions, Inc.
• www.CoolFusion.com

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Advantages of electronic mail

• Low cost
• Timely
• Multimedia

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Components of Mail Servers

• SMTP Simple Message Transfer Protocolused to
  send mail from client to server and server to
  server.
• POP3 Post Office Protocol version 3used to
  retrieve waiting mail from a server.

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Functions of Mail Servers

• Receive Mail
• Send Mail
• Store Mail

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Limitations of Traditional Mail Servers

• Fixed Feature Sets
• Costs for Custom Features
• Costs for New Features

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Dynamic E-Mail Using ColdFusion

• CFMail and CFPOP are good for most tasks but
  there are limitations
• Requires an external Mail Server
• Polling for new mail is slow
• Mail is sent twice
• Single connection

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iMS Advantages

• iMS is a Mail Server
• Uses CFML for processing
• Mail is sent only once
• Up to 1024 simultaneous connections
• Immediate Processing
• 10 levels of priority

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iMS Components and Versions

• SMTP Server
• POST Server
• POP3 Server
• Free Demos and Developer versions
• Professional and Enterprise versions
• iMS POST SE
• New inFusion Scheduler

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Applications

• List Server
• Remote Control
• Autoresponders
• Authentication
• Email storage in database
• Message filtering
• Event-driven notification emails
• Stockquote retrieval
• Web-based email

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Pricing and Availability

• Demo and Developer Editions are free
• POST SE 79
• iMS Professional 1950
• iMS Enterprise 4950

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Live Demo

• iMS in action

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Representative Clients

• WWW.DCFind.com
• Smokescreen.org
• Autosync.net