Mail server dynamic state polling method for checking whether mail server has new mail arrive or not

Abstract

The invention relates to a dynamic email server polling method for inspecting the email server for the arrival of new emails, which belongs to the technical field of the internet, the computer information processing, as well as the email and the wireless communication. A system composed on the basis of the method at least comprises an application server and the email server which are connected through a standard email protocol like POP3 / IMAP4, and the system is connected with Internet through a fire wall; the application server can dynamically adjust the polling intervals and the numbers of the polling of the email server according to data like the online situation of the users, the success ratio of email receiving and the interval attribute of the set polling time; the application server sends an polling request to the email server and initiatively receives the email if the email server is provided with a new email. The invention has the remarkable advantages of not only meeting the requirements of the users for prompt email receiving, but also reducing the operation burden of the servers to the largest extent, as well as saving the system resource.

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technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the technical fields of Internet, computer information processing, electronic mail and wireless communication, and in particular relates to a dynamic polling method of a mail server for checking whether new mail arrives in the mail server. Background technique [0002] The PushMail service refers to the email push service for Internet personal mailboxes and corporate mailbox systems, which is a business form in which newly arrived mails from the mail server are pushed to the user's mobile terminal on time. And how to more effectively check whether there are new emails arriving in the Internet personal mailbox or enterprise mailbox system is the key to ensure the efficient completion of the process. [0003] At present, the method of checking whether a mail server has new mail arrival is mainly polling. [0004] The traditional polling method is static polling, which refers to an action that system A periodically accesses syste...

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Problems solved by technology

Static polling, the polling period is fixed, in this polling mode, even if no new mail arrives, the e-mail account in the specified mailbox server will be polled regularly; if the polling period is set to be small , frequent polling will cause the PushMail business server to run overloaded, and at the same time create a certain degree of pressure on the mailbox server; if the polling cycle is set too large, it will prolong the polling waiting time and waste a certain amount of system resources. Causes delay in receiving mail, poor immediacy of mail

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