Re: REV Send Email via CGI and mail.php script on the fly?
Hi I agree but I have had past problems using sendmail (particularly with attachments) on some web servers. The solution that's worked best for me is LibCGI and Shao Sean's libSMTP libEmailEncode. All in rev :) regards alex Andre Garzia wrote: Folks, using smtp routines from a cgi is not the best solution. If the server blocks, you end up eating server resources and many hosts will not allow your cgi to open sockets to outside servers. RevOnRockets has a library called RocketsSendmail that wraps around the sendmail common unix tool to send emails, you can simply download and use that instead of using a php file. I can assist Cheers andre ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
REV Send Email via CGI and mail.php script on the fly?
Hi All... Quick question, i have some projects that multiple teachers will use with their students and I would like the student results to be emailed back to their teachers. I would like this process to be transparent to the student using the stack. Can the following be done? I would like the rev project to post the student data and the identified teacher's email address (saved is stack profile settings) to the built in smtp mail.php script. I know I can get the rev stack to post to the mail.php file, but the mail php file has to be dynamic is determining what teacher's email address to send to. I was wondering if I could post the teacher's email address and the student project data to a rev cgi project on the server, and then have the rev cgi project, on the fly, create the mail.php file with the correct email address and email the student data to the teacher? Essentially, the rev cgi project would create the mail.php file based on the submitted email address, forward the student data to the file it just created (mail.php) and then possibly delete the mail.php file and wait for the next post. Can a rev cgi create a mail.php file, execute the php file by forwarding data to it, and then delete the file it created, all in one swoop? Thank you! John Patten SUSD ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: REV Send Email via CGI and mail.php script on the fly?
Bonsoir John, I remember a project I made three years ago that allowed the desktop based user to send an email to an author (the project was kind of eBook). I used directly a php script on the server, passing the data and the address without having to set up any Rev CGI. For security reasons, there was an exchange of password created on- the-fly between the server and the desktop based application. I don't remember exactly how we made it but the point is: . No CGI needed. . No emailer needed of course. The text was typed by the user and he had only to click 'Send to the author'. Probably, somebody will chime in with details about the PHP script needed I have no longer on hand. Le 4 août 08 à 17:52, John Patten a écrit : Hi All... Quick question, i have some projects that multiple teachers will use with their students and I would like the student results to be emailed back to their teachers. I would like this process to be transparent to the student using the stack. Can the following be done? I would like the rev project to post the student data and the identified teacher's email address (saved is stack profile settings) to the built in smtp mail.php script. I know I can get the rev stack to post to the mail.php file, but the mail php file has to be dynamic is determining what teacher's email address to send to. I was wondering if I could post the teacher's email address and the student project data to a rev cgi project on the server, and then have the rev cgi project, on the fly, create the mail.php file with the correct email address and email the student data to the teacher? Essentially, the rev cgi project would create the mail.php file based on the submitted email address, forward the student data to the file it just created (mail.php) and then possibly delete the mail.php file and wait for the next post. Can a rev cgi create a mail.php file, execute the php file by forwarding data to it, and then delete the file it created, all in one swoop? Thank you! John Patten Best regards from Paris, Eric Chatonet. Plugins and tutorials for Revolution: http://www.sosmartsoftware.com/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: REV Send Email via CGI and mail.php script on the fly?
I'd also point out that it should also be possible to a) send the mail directly from the student to the teacher and b) use a rev CGI on the server without a php script. Best, Mark On 4 Aug 2008, at 17:06, Eric Chatonet wrote: Bonsoir John, I remember a project I made three years ago that allowed the desktop based user to send an email to an author (the project was kind of eBook). I used directly a php script on the server, passing the data and the address without having to set up any Rev CGI. For security reasons, there was an exchange of password created on- the-fly between the server and the desktop based application. I don't remember exactly how we made it but the point is: . No CGI needed. . No emailer needed of course. The text was typed by the user and he had only to click 'Send to the author'. Probably, somebody will chime in with details about the PHP script needed I have no longer on hand. Le 4 août 08 à 17:52, John Patten a écrit : Hi All... Quick question, i have some projects that multiple teachers will use with their students and I would like the student results to be emailed back to their teachers. I would like this process to be transparent to the student using the stack. Can the following be done? I would like the rev project to post the student data and the identified teacher's email address (saved is stack profile settings) to the built in smtp mail.php script. I know I can get the rev stack to post to the mail.php file, but the mail php file has to be dynamic is determining what teacher's email address to send to. I was wondering if I could post the teacher's email address and the student project data to a rev cgi project on the server, and then have the rev cgi project, on the fly, create the mail.php file with the correct email address and email the student data to the teacher? Essentially, the rev cgi project would create the mail.php file based on the submitted email address, forward the student data to the file it just created (mail.php) and then possibly delete the mail.php file and wait for the next post. Can a rev cgi create a mail.php file, execute the php file by forwarding data to it, and then delete the file it created, all in one swoop? Thank you! John Patten Best regards from Paris, Eric Chatonet. Plugins and tutorials for Revolution: http://www.sosmartsoftware.com/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: REV Send Email via CGI and mail.php script on the fly?
John , Can a rev cgi create a mail.php file, execute the php file by forwarding data to it, and then delete the file it created, all in one swoop? the answer is yes. You don't even need to create a file and then delete it... I've been doing that for years : my Rev cgi script calls a php lib with all the requested parameters... I'm using a php lib because I found one very useful on some website and didn't want to bother writing my own... And I'm using a Rev cgi script because, apart from sending emails, I have numerous tasks to do that are easier to code in Rev than in php, but you can make it simpler : just send a POST request from your stack to a simple php script on your server... Best, JB ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: REV Send Email via CGI and mail.php script on the fly?
Hi Mark, It looks like you want to use Sarah's or Sean's SMTP library, to send e-mail directly from within Revolution, using your own e-mail server. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering http://economy-x-talk.com http://www.salery.biz Benefit from our inexpensive hosting services. See http://economy-x-talk.com/server.html for more info. On 4 aug 2008, at 18:14, Mark Smith wrote: I'd also point out that it should also be possible to a) send the mail directly from the student to the teacher and b) use a rev CGI on the server without a php script. Best, Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: REV Send Email via CGI and mail.php script on the fly?
Yes, the SMTP libs would do the job from within Revolution, and on the server one could also use a simple shell call to sendmail (assuming it's some kind of unix/linux). Best, Mark On 4 Aug 2008, at 18:17, Mark Schonewille wrote: Hi Mark, It looks like you want to use Sarah's or Sean's SMTP library, to send e-mail directly from within Revolution, using your own e-mail server. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering http://economy-x-talk.com http://www.salery.biz Benefit from our inexpensive hosting services. See http://economy-x- talk.com/server.html for more info. On 4 aug 2008, at 18:14, Mark Smith wrote: I'd also point out that it should also be possible to a) send the mail directly from the student to the teacher and b) use a rev CGI on the server without a php script. Best, Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: REV Send Email via CGI and mail.php script on the fly?
Folks, using smtp routines from a cgi is not the best solution. If the server blocks, you end up eating server resources and many hosts will not allow your cgi to open sockets to outside servers. RevOnRockets has a library called RocketsSendmail that wraps around the sendmail common unix tool to send emails, you can simply download and use that instead of using a php file. I can assist Cheers andre On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 2:34 PM, Mark Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, the SMTP libs would do the job from within Revolution, and on the server one could also use a simple shell call to sendmail (assuming it's some kind of unix/linux). Best, Mark On 4 Aug 2008, at 18:17, Mark Schonewille wrote: Hi Mark, It looks like you want to use Sarah's or Sean's SMTP library, to send e-mail directly from within Revolution, using your own e-mail server. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering http://economy-x-talk.com http://www.salery.biz Benefit from our inexpensive hosting services. See http://economy-x-talk.com/server.html for more info. On 4 aug 2008, at 18:14, Mark Smith wrote: I'd also point out that it should also be possible to a) send the mail directly from the student to the teacher and b) use a rev CGI on the server without a php script. Best, Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution -- http://www.andregarzia.com All We Do Is Code. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
