Use an html email with a form in it. Have the form submit to your application (which will open a browser).
> -----Original Message----- > From: john mcdonald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 10:29 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: How to deal with email based commands - Any ideas? > > Hi Everyone, > > My Boss came into my cube and asked me to add a feature to a web > application I am working on. Some of the management people that have to > interact with tihs program are uncomfortable interacting with a website > via browser. > > But, they are comfortable issuing commands via email. So I set it up with > links in the email that allowed them to execute boolean and multiple > choice commands by supplying various links for them to click on in their > emails. > > This has kept them away from using their browser to actually interact with > the system until today. My boss now wants them to be able to enter free > form text response to questions. my program should pick up their comments > and store them in the database - (basically parse their email response and > weed out their answers and store them) > > I have no idea where to begin.. Do I need to build some kind of pop3 or > smtp functionality into my program? Anybody got any ideas? > > Thanks in advance! > John McDonald > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:249173 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
