Re: Sneaky email messages

2017-07-31 Thread prothero--- via use-livecode
I would hope that users get some kind if privacy notification that they must agree to. For example, if students are taking an online course, it will be useless unless they agree to having their scores or grades for their work sent in. Best, Bill P William Prothero http://ed.earthednet.org >

Re: Sneaky email messages

2017-07-31 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
You would probably be flagged as malware and the user alerted in any event. Collecting ANY information and sending it down the wire can be construed by end users as spyware. Bob S > On Jul 29, 2017, at 07:58 , Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode > wrote: > > " When Livecode executes the *r

Re: Sneaky email messages

2017-07-29 Thread prothero--- via use-livecode
Richmond, You can post to a server script that will send email. This is very useful if your students use different machines in a classroom and you want to notify the instructor, but can't rely on the local machine's email settings. It ought to be able to be done using whatever hosting account yo

Re: Sneaky email messages

2017-07-29 Thread Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode
I just mean using the post command, or something similar, to send a request with information to a server that you set up. That is way more work than email, but does not hijack their email system. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 29, 2017, at 11:43 AM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode > wrote:

Re: Sneaky email messages

2017-07-29 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
"via posting to a server" . . . Pray tell . . . Richmond. On 7/29/17 6:19 pm, Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode wrote: Hi Richmond, I think it would be underhanded to use their email system to do that without warning them, but much less offensive to send reports via posting to a server, as lo

Re: Sneaky email messages

2017-07-29 Thread Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode
Hi Richmond, I think it would be underhanded to use their email system to do that without warning them, but much less offensive to send reports via posting to a server, as long as you let them know your software will do that from time-to-time. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 29, 2017, at 10:58 AM

Sneaky email messages

2017-07-29 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
" When Livecode executes the *revMail* command, the user's email program is opened (*if necessary*) and a new email message with the specified parameters is created. The user can change any of the settings before sending the message, and the message is *not sent automatically*: the user must exp