REV Send Email via CGI and mail.php script on the fly?

[Mark Smith]

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.
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