Yes you're right Kevin. I'll put up a new release sometime in the next week with some more examples and possible some simpler methods if only so HaskellNet can be more easily evaluated.
As I recall Happstack also uses an smtp library. I forget which one. -Rob On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Kevin Jardine <kevinjard...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Robert, > > I did look at HaskellNet a few months ago. > > It looked big and undocumented so I guess I got scared away. > > What I'd be interested in is something with the simplicity of the PHP > mail command (or perhaps the phpmailer package). > > I dislike PHP as a programming language but it does basic web > functions like outgoing email fairly well. > > Perhaps HaskellNet just needs more documentation and examples? > > Kevin > > On Oct 17, 10:05 am, Robert Wills <wrwi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Last summer I put cabalized HaskellNet (written by Jun Mukai for a >> GSOC) (http://hackage.haskell.org/package/HaskellNet) >> and uploaded it to hackage. I put myself down as a maintainer but I >> haven't done much maintaining. >> >> HaskellNet also does multipart mime and base64 stuff as well as imap >> and pop access. I haven't looked at Michael's package yet -- I'll >> have a look this morning >> to compare. >> >> I've been meaning to add try to tls support to HaskellNet. >> >> I don't have any huge attachment to HaskellNet so I'd be happy to just >> help to migrate the useful bits of it to some larger official email >> package. >> >> -Rob >> >> >> >> On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Kevin Jardine <kevinjard...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Hi Michael, >> >> > Last time I checked Hackage for email libraries I could find some >> > basic SMTP systems but nothing very recent or robust. >> >> > Practically every web app needs to send email, so I think that a >> > robust and well maintained email package would be very useful. >> >> > I know you have many other projects going at the minute, but if you >> > had a chance to create a stand alone email package, I'd be interested >> > in trying it out. >> >> > I've been working on a web app engine that combines Heist from Snap >> > and several of the WAI packages with an object store system I've >> > developed myself (and will release on Hackage at some point). Email >> > was a missing piece and it sounds like your package could fill the gap >> > nicely. >> >> > Kevin >> >> > On Oct 17, 8:11 am, Michael Snoyman <mich...@snoyman.com> wrote: >> >> Hey all, >> >> >> I wrote a simple email module in Yesod[1] that handles such things as >> >> multipart messages and Base64 encoding. It's still missing some >> >> features (multipart/alternative, for instance), but it can be useful >> >> for throwing together emails. It's currently part of the yesod >> >> package, but I'm going to be moving it to a separate package to free >> >> me up to make breaking API changes more frequently. >> >> >> As of right now, I'm just going to move it into the yesod-auth package >> >> (also being split off from the main yesod package), and therefore it >> >> will still have all the dependencies on Yesod. My question is whether >> >> people would find this package useful outside the scope of Yesod. >> >> There are no dependencies from this module onto any Yesod-specific >> >> stuff, so this separation could easily be done. I just don't feel like >> >> adding another package to maintain if no one is interested. >> >> >> So if anyone wants this offered up as a separate package, and/or has >> >> any API suggestions, please let me know. >> >> >> Michael >> >> >> [1]http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/yesod/0.5.4/doc/html/Yeso... >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Haskell-Cafe mailing list >> >> haskell-c...@haskell.orghttp://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Haskell-Cafe mailing list >> > haskell-c...@haskell.org >> >http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Haskell-Cafe mailing list >> haskell-c...@haskell.orghttp://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe