Please advise,
Stephen
on 2/13/03 12:56 AM, Witango Support at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The attached files which were sent out a few weeks ago demonstrate how the @email and @emailsession tags work and how they integrate with POP3.
Full instructions are detailed below.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Fergal Donlon
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 1:57 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list witango-talk
Subject: Witango-Talk: Re: Receiving Email
Attached are two files that are currently in development to demonstrate how
the @email and @emailsession tags work and interact with POP3 mail. The
email.taf file creates an object called mailproc and the following
parameters are passed into the mail method call:
* action - specified tasks to perform - [getids,list,getheaderonly,getall] ;
* port - typically 110 for a POP3 service;
* username - the username required to log on to the mail server ;
* password - the password required to log on to the mail server;
* server - mail server IP address.
The mail.tcf file opens an email session and depending on the 'action'
method variable specified, a number of tasks are performed. For example, if
method$action = "" then all of the message(s) information is retrieved
and the attachments are written to disk. The email session is then closed
and an array containing the mail details is passed back to email.taf.
Obviously a class file need not be used to do this as all of the email
retrieval and processing could be done in a single more complex taf.
However, for more experienced users, I would recommend the use of a tcf or a
custom tag such as @POP_MAIL. In a normal results this would take the form:
<@POP_MAIL username="@@request$username" password="@@request$password"
server="@@request$serveripaddress" action="" port="110">.
More information on how custom tags can be used is available in the help
files of the Witango Studio or with the Custom Tag Generator on
http://developer.witango.com
The above functionality could also be modelled to keep track of message
threads by writing the messages to a database and automatically linking the
emails together (child to parent) based on the in-reply-to-id or references
or subject. These new tags also allow for the operation of a mail client on
any site/server running Witango. A full featured working example of a
Witango mail client will be available to download soon.
If you have any questions/comments please do not hesitate to contact me.
Regards,
Fergal
Fergal Donlon
Witango Technologies
Suite 4, Level 1,
44 Miller Street,
North Sydney, 2060
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