Windows CE

Hi,

The answer to the first part of the question is yes. Here is a link to a Microsoft written downloadable example mail client for CE.

http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/handheldpc/downloads/mailclient/mailclient.asp

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This would be a good place for you to start... You'll need to provide the encryption algorithms and integrate them into the code, of course.

It really depends on your experience in coding in this arena as to how long it will take. Also it depends on the functionality you want in your mail client - is the example sufficient?

You can download the CE .NET evaluation copy from...

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/embedded/ce.net/default.asp

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...so you'll be able to check out the latest development environment.

Have you ever built a CE kernel before? If all this is new to you, I'd suggest giving yourself plenty of time to come up to speed with it!

Hope this helps,
Cheers,
Tim.

Hi,

I see that you've rejected my answer. If you want a more detailed answer, then you're going to have to give me feedback on the first answer and more information on what it is that you're trying to do.

Have you worked with CE before? What were you planning to use to write it in?

Is the example enough? Or do you require more functionality? If so how much more??

Do you have the encryption algorithms? Or do you need to write some? Do you need to integrate existing software providingencryption services??

I'll try to answer your question but you have to help me.

How can anyone give you any idea of mandays needed with so little information?

Cheers,
Tim.

Windows CE Mail Client:

The client is an Active Server based mail client with minimal graphics, no frames, and no client-side script. In addition, this release addresses increased reliability and public folder navigation. It can be used with any browser, of course, but it is really designed for the Handheld Pocket IE.

Download:

http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/handheldpc/downloads/mailclient/mailclient.asp

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Maxwell

If you already have the encryption algorithms coded as dlls, then it would be minimal effort to integrate them into a mail client. You're probably talking about end-to-end encryption systems, like PGP. If that's true then all you have to do is take the message body, encrypt the contents, then send that as the message body. Programming a simple mail client is a pretty simple exercise if all it has to do is connect to and interact with an SMTP server.

There's no way to estimate the mandays needed to complete such a project without requirements. The bulk of the work, I would think, would take place in the requirements gathering, analysis, and design. As far as coding, working on the user interface will probably take as long as anything, but it totally depends on the requirements.

Good luck.