Would sending such bulletins to all users be unacceptable? What benefit
would there be from doing otherwise?
Jacob Joseph
----- Original Message -----
From: "Russell Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: Intelligent POP3 Server
> Gary Barnden writes:
> > I have a bit of a curly one and was wondering if anyone had done the
same
> > thing and could point me in the right direction
> >
> > I need some sort of Intelligent POP3 Server that does this
> >
> > 1. User logs in and is authenticated
> > 2. POP3 Server checks username against a database of Bulletins he/she
has
> > received to check if he/she is up to date on weekly the bulletins
> > 3. Sends new Bulletins if waiting
> > 4. POP3 Server then falls back to checking for normal Maildir mail
> >
> > I've seen the one on the qmail site, but from what i can tell it
doesn't
> > keep a history, i need to be able to report to the customer about who
has
> > received the bulletin so that follow up can be done.
>
> No, it doesn't keep a history. However, you could modify it to print
> a log message to stderr when it links in a bulletin.
>
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