AUTOMATIC INTEGRATION OF A MAIL SERVER WITH INTERNET SERVER (IS)
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1. A communications system, comprising:
- a network engine that communicates with a plurality of user subscribed mobile wireless communications devices via a communications network and configured to send and receive electronic mail therefrom; and
a direct access server comprising a processor and operative with the network engine and comprising at least one module configured to identify a particular mail server during an account integration process, query the particular mail server using a command that is supported by the particular mail server and receive from the particular mail server configuration parameters, and a database to which the returned configuration parameters are stored and used to subscribe to the particular mail server.
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Abstract
A communications system includes a network engine that communicates with a plurality of user subscribed mobile wireless communications devices via a communications network and configured to send and receive emails therefrom. A direct access server is operative with the network engine and comprises at least one module configured to identify a particular server during an account integration process and to query the particular mail server using a command that is supported by the particular mail server and receive from the particular mail server configuration parameters. A database stores returned configuration parameters used to subscribe to the server.
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1. A communications system, comprising:
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a network engine that communicates with a plurality of user subscribed mobile wireless communications devices via a communications network and configured to send and receive electronic mail therefrom; and a direct access server comprising a processor and operative with the network engine and comprising at least one module configured to identify a particular mail server during an account integration process, query the particular mail server using a command that is supported by the particular mail server and receive from the particular mail server configuration parameters, and a database to which the returned configuration parameters are stored and used to subscribe to the particular mail server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A communications system, comprising:
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a network engine that communicates with a plurality of user subscribed mobile wireless communications devices via a communications network and configured to send and receive electronic mail therefrom; and a direct access server comprising a processor operative with the network engine and a polling engine configured to poll electronic mailboxes of users from an electronic mail source and retrieve electronic mail from the electronic mailboxes and comprising at least one module configured to identify a particular mail server during an account integration process, query the particular mail server using a command that is supported by the particular mail server and receive from the particular mail server configuration parameters, and a database to which the returned configuration parameters are stored and used to subscribe to the particular mail server to permit polling of the particular mail server. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A communications method, comprising:
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identifying a particular mail server during an account integration process in a direct access server comprising a processor and operative with a network engine that communicates with a plurality of user subscribed mobile wireless communications devices via a communications network to send and receive electronic mail; querying the particular mail server using a command that is supported by the identified particular mail server and receiving configuration parameters that are used; and storing the configuration parameters to a database. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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