Dave, This is a good summary of the issue. What ebase version 2 users need to know is that they will not need to buy a license from Comm-unity software: we have already done that. We will probably charge a small fee for some functionality in ebase 2 that is associated with incoming email (through POP3it), but not outgoing email (through SMTPit).
Marshall On 11/21/01 3:32 PM, "Dave Shaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It appears that the increased interest in net security has prompted > both Microsoft and Qualcomm to block calls from external applications > to the current versions of their email clients (Outlook [Express] and > Eudora, respectively). If you're sending email through ebase it's > likely that an upgrade to the current version will break the email > function. I have heard of several discussions recently about > non-functioning email that can be traced to email program upgrades. I > have started recommending plug-ins to circumvent this problem. Enough > people have asked about it that this note on the list is warranted. > > The version 2 developers have despaired of making email work reliably > with the variety of email clients with their security schemes, and > have opted to use a FileMaker plug-in called SMTPit to make email > possible. Plug-ins extend the capability of FileMaker in various > ways, including processing SMTP and POP email protocol. There are two > which you can use to send email directly from FileMaker (and > therefore ebase) using either Mac or Windows operating systems. > > The one chosen by the ebase crew is SMTPit, published by Comm-Unity > Networking Systems. > http://www.smtpit.com/ > The recommendation by the ebase developer team is pretty strong (this > is only my observation, of course, not an express endorsement by > TechRocks). Also, if you intend to move to version 2, you'll already > have experience with this plug-in. The associated plug-in to enable > receiving email and populating FileMaker records directly is POP3it. > Price is $65 for SMTPit, and $104 for both SMTPit and POPit. > > There is another email plug-in available on both platforms. It's > called MailIt, and is published by Dacons, > http://www.dacons.net > Both the SMTP (send mail) and POP (receive mail) functions are > included in this plug-in. Price is $59. > > I have installed and configured both plug-ins and both are pretty > simple to set up once you catch on to the concept of using external > functions to assemble text into the format of a standard email > message. > > In both cases, a license would be needed for each machine used to > send email from ebase. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Marshall Mayer mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] CEO, TechRocks http://www.techrocks.org 633 Battery Street - Suite 110 phone: 415.722.7171 San Francisco, CA 94111-1812 USA eFax: 212.202.4400 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note my new address and phone number in TechRock�s SF office. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------
