Touchmail
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TouchMail | |
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Developed by | Comvalid Inc. |
OS | Mac OS X |
Genre | Webmail application |
License | Freeware |
Website | tm.comvalid.com |
TouchMail is a webmail application designed for iPhone and iPod Touch that enables users to access and manage their different e-mail accounts.
It’s a software released in open source that provides the access to all mail services, including Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, Lycos, Netscape.
TouchMail, being web based, allows the access to e-mail accounts also in a corporate environment wherein there are usually firewall that, closing some ports for security reasons, don’t enable the connection to iPhone Mail.
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[edit] Technology
TouchMail supports POP3 and IMAP protocols and is able to interface with the HTTP protocol through the FreePOPs getaway that makes a parsing process between the POP3 and the HTTP used for example by Hotmail.
[edit] Background
TouchMail was launched during December 2007 to provide a free mail client to iPod Touch and iPhone users.
[edit] Growth
- February 2008: it was included among the web application supported by Apple. Apple.com/webapps
- March 2008: since the application is obtaining a great success among users, developers are working to extend its compatibility to other smartphone models.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- La Stampa Technology, 2-10-2008, accessed 3-13-2008
- mela blog.it, 2008, accessed 3-13-2008
- Actualidad Iphone, 2-6-2008, accessed 3-13-2008