Answering my earlier question: Perhaps it's possible to create web-based email that uses primarily stateless HTTP. I don't know enough about the options for authentication to know if the use of HTTP could truly be stateless. Would the server have to maintain state associated with the user authentication? Or, would that "state" be insignificant to the point that it's pretty much transparent to the developer/designer. For example, could each email account have its own directory that is password protected by the usual mechanism provided by the web server (.htaccess).
Posted by Doug Sauder at February 4, 2003 11:37 AM