Well, if the web page is already in an acceptably readable form, you don't need perl at all (gasp!) if you use lynx. Just a contab entry and a pipe to a mailer.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan E. Paton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 1:44 PM Subject: Re: lynx > > I need an example on how I can script lynx to send me > > an e-mail of a list of stock quotes every so often. > > Lets get this straight: > > 1. You want to script to interact with a web browser > 2. You want the web browser to send an email > 3. You want this done periodically > > Hmm... not sure what lynx has to do with this. You need > the LWP modules from CPAN, which allows you to download > webpages easily. This solves point 1. > > Then you need to find a module that sends email, and > there is many on CPAN for this. Go and explore! This > solves point 2. > > And finally, point 3, you need to use a schedular just > like the cron daemon on Unix. > > Jonathan Paton > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > http://uk.my.yahoo.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
