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Posted by Hui Chen \(MSFT\) on April 30, 2007, 2:51 pm
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address. Thanks.
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Hui Chen [MSFT]
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> Ok! Thanks Arne! Could you tell us who is the 3rd party name? We need to
> talk
> to them in order to correct some server domain/name errors.
> Thanks again!
>
> "Arne Hess [MSFT MVP]" wrote:
>
>> > Hi, we've testing a Windows Mobile 5.0 device, and there is a check in
>> > the
>> > email setup section called "Attempt to obtain e-mail settings from the
>> > Internet",
>> > when you check this option the mobile try to obtain pop3 server name
>> > and
>> > smtp server name. And it's works (at least in some cases: gmail, terra
>> > etc.),
>> > and also, it's works only with giving the email address!!
>> >
>> > My question is... how does it do?
>> > some kind of DNS query to the domain part of the email address?
>> > brute force?
>> > or ...?
>>
>> It connects to a special DB which is hosted for Microsoft by a 3rd party
>> vendor. They collect these information and from the domain of your E-Mail
>> address, they know which server to provide. No brut force, no miracle,
>> just
>> a collection of servers.
>>
>> --
>> Cheers ~ Arne Hess - Microsoft MVP Mobile Devices
>>
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