Sneaky email messages

[prothero at earthlearningsolutions.org]

Richmond,
You can post to a server script that will send email. This is very useful if your students use different machines in a classroom and you want to notify the instructor, but can't rely on the local machine's email settings. It ought to be able to be done using whatever hosting account you have.

Bill P

William Prothero
http://es.earthednet.org

> On Jul 29, 2017, at 8:43 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> "via posting to a server" . . .
> 
> Pray tell . . .
> 
> Richmond.
> 
>> On 7/29/17 6:19 pm, Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode wrote:
>> Hi Richmond,
>> 
>> I think it would be underhanded to use their email system to do that without warning them, but much less offensive to send reports via posting to a server, as long as you let them know your software will do that from time-to-time.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Jul 29, 2017, at 10:58 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> " When Livecode executes the *revMail* command, the user's email program is opened (*if necessary*) and a new email message with the specified parameters is created.
>>> The user can change any of the settings before sending the message, and the message is *not sent automatically*: the user must explicitly send it (for example,
>>> by clicking a "Mail" button in the email program)."
>>> 
>>> My colourisation.
>>> 
>>> Is there a way to:
>>> 
>>> 1. prevent the end-user's email client opening?
>>> 
>>> 2. send an email message automatically?
>>> 
>>> OK: let me be direct and open about this:
>>> 
>>> I want standalones sitting on machines of clients of mine to send me their MAC addresses and the type of operating system they are using.
>>> 
>>> 3. Would I be an "underhand so-and-so" if I did this?
>>> 
>>> I am aware that many items of software "phone home".
>>> 
>>> Richmond.
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