Re: Interfacing WC with mail server
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 21036
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texte = At 16:11 Uhr -0600 14.11.1998, John W wrote:>I wanted to ask if anyone has any experience interfacing WC with a mail >server so that you can use a web browser to read your e-mail. Is this >even possible?If you mean a web-based archive - PCS does it already. If you want to write a WebCat-based email client, this is possible - but a lot of work! A standard mail file includes header, body and attachments in just one single text file... I do not believe you can do it in WebCat alone, because there are no functions to encode attachments, for example. A friend of mine has just completed a Web-Mailer in 4D and it took him about 1000 hours (for a really good program). WebCat is faster to develop than 4D, but the most time he spent with learning SMTP and thinking...Peter++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Peter Ostry - Vienna/Austria - www.ostry.com Fon ++43-1-877 74 54 Fax ++43-1-877 74 54-21 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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At 16:11 Uhr -0600 14.11.1998, John W wrote:>I wanted to ask if anyone has any experience interfacing WC with a mail >server so that you can use a web browser to read your e-mail. Is this >even possible?If you mean a web-based archive - PCS does it already. If you want to write a WebCat-based email client, this is possible - but a lot of work! A standard mail file includes header, body and attachments in just one single text file... I do not believe you can do it in WebCat alone, because there are no functions to encode attachments, for example. A friend of mine has just completed a Web-Mailer in 4D and it took him about 1000 hours (for a really good program). WebCat is faster to develop than 4D, but the most time he spent with learning SMTP and thinking...Peter++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Peter Ostry - Vienna/Austria - www.ostry.com Fon ++43-1-877 74 54 Fax ++43-1-877 74 54-21 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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