METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAP DATA FLOWS, ELECTRONIC MAIL SERVERS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTING SAID METHODS

摘要

Method for processing at least two IMAP data flows exchanged via an internet network between an electronic mail server and two remote clients respectively using a first and a second separate proprietary IMAP protocol, each IMAP data flow respectively corresponding to a respective remote client connection to an electronic mailbox, said method comprising the extraction of proprietary protocol data from an IMAP data flow, the execution of at least one task relating to the proprietary protocol data by a proprietary IMAP application module, and the generation of a return IMAP data flow, the proprietary IMAP application module being selected from two modules suitable for executing tasks relating respectively to the first and second proprietary IMAP protocols.

主权项

1. A method for processing at least two IMAP data flows, the IMAP data flows being exchanged via an internet network between an electronic mail server and at least two remote clients respectively using a first and a second separate proprietary IMAP protocol, each IMAP data flow respectively corresponding to a connection of a respective remote client to an electronic mailbox, the method being characterized in that it comprises a translation step including:
a sub-step carried out by an analysis module and consisting of the extraction of proprietary protocol data from an IMAP data flow, a sub-step consisting of the execution of at least one task relating to the extracted proprietary protocol data by a proprietary IMAP application module in order to obtain proprietary protocol response data, and a sub-step carried out by the analysis module, consisting of the generation of a return IMAP data flow from the proprietary protocol response data, said proprietary IMAP application module being selected from among a first and a second proprietary IMAP application module, the first proprietary IMAP application module being adapted to execute tasks relating to the first proprietary IMAP protocol, the second proprietary IMAP application module being adapted to execute tasks relating to the second proprietary IMAP protocol.