On Fri, 06 Jun 2003 09:06:25 +0930, Greg Mayman wrote:
> DISCUSSION AND WISHLIST RE SEND MAIL AND GET MAIL.
> I have set up my own personal control page to include the buttons Send
> Mail and Get Mail.
> I click on one of these buttons and the respective operation SMPT: or
> POP3: takes place. Meanwhile I am looking at my own page as the mail is
> up or downloaded. But as soon as the Send or Get is finished, I am
> transferred to either the (now empty) Outbox or to the Inbox.
> And that prompts a question: What earthly use is it to be presented with
> the empty Outbox once the SMPT: function has finished uploading the
> mail, other than to show you that all the mail has been uploaded? And
> surely if the upload was aborted for any reason there would be an error
> message to that effect.
> But here is where I have problems: After an up or download of mail, the
> temptation is to press Esc (equivalent to the Back button) to get back
> to my personal page, but of course this takes me to the SMPT: or the
> POP3: function, which tries to send or get mail again, even though there
> isn't any left to send or get.
> My first preference would be that once SMPT: or POP3: function is
> finished, the user should be left on the screen that the function was
> called from.
> My second preference is that the SMPT: or POP3: should NOT be able to be
> recalled by the Back button. If this means they shouldn't appear in the
> HISTORY.LST then that's fine by me.
Huhh hmmmm.....
FYI,
We have had the option for several years now of
changing where we go after either POP3 or SMTP
In arachne.cfg you will find these 2 lines
which are (by default), commented-out.
;AfterPOP3 smtp:
;AfterSMTP file:mail.htm
Remove the ';' to 'enable' either one (or both), of them.
If after POP3, you would like to go to mail.htm instead of the 'default'
of being sent to the inbox.
(or the commented-out option of then sending any unsent messages via smtp)
You can use this line.
AfterPOP3 file:mail.htm
--- my settings ---
AfterPOP3 arachne:exit
;AfterSMTP file:mail.htm
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As to
"What earthly use is it to be presented with the empty Outbox...."
1) when we send just the one outgoing message we are
currently viewing/editing. We are now on the outbox with the
remaining uinsent messages shown. (not an empty outbox)
2) when something goes wrong with the 'Send unsent mail' function.
a) in my case.... if I forget the spam filter settings
at CisNet and mistakenly have one of the 'forbidden'
characters in the subject line of one or more of my
outgoing mails. '$' is forbidden in subject line at CisNet :(
b) when sending to an SMTP sever which requires POP3/SMTP
within 5 minutes and I missed the 5min deadline
3) just out of 'curiosity' that everything went
right and that all messages *did* get sent ;-)
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As to POP3 and SMTP going into history.lst
I will look into this and get back to you.
--
Glenn
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