They are already using a browser - their email client. Can you just put an html form into the email, and have it submit to a web page?
On 8/8/06, john mcdonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:249182 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
