Short answer: no, basically no one else has done this. Long answer: You could go about this in a number of different ways, depending on your objectives. I think most of the suggestions people have been posting would lead to a very boring app, lacking customization, lacking configurability, and generally not worth writing. That kind of app might be a good starting place, but you could build much more interesting features into it.
Most suggestions mentioned using a listserv. The problem with listserv is that everyone will get a copy of the same email. If you hooked this app up to a database backend, the database could hold preferences for each user and THEN you would have something truly unique and worth writing. Preferences could include: -- user-selectable translation(s) -- per-user start dates, since not everyone will start reading on the first day such a service becomes available -- user-selectable time spans, since some people may want to read the whole Bible in only 6 months or may want to take 2 years -- user-selectable ranges, to allow a user to specify that he only wants to read the Gospels, but wants to finish in a month -- OT/NT alternating vs. OT then NT selection I think this could be a very valuable service. You should definitely talk to David Trotz about his reading planner, since there is a lot of similarity. And you may want to consider integrating some of the sign-up interface with the Sword web interface (http://www.crosswire.org/sword/biblenew/index.jsp). --Chris On Thu, 20 May 2004, Derek Viljoen wrote: > I was struck by some inspiration to do an application for myself, but I > wanted to first check if anyone else has done it or not. > > In an attempt to make my devotions more organized, I thought of writing > an app that can automagically email you the text of a daily reading so > you can read through the Bible in a year just by keeping up with your > Inbox. > > I wrote a quick and dirty lookup program using the Sword API, and > started researching libesmtp to see how to send the mail. I want a > command-line app that will read a config file for the scripture > references for the date, pull the references from sword, and mail them > to a configured email address. This can all be setup to run from a cron > job. > > Before I jump in and write it though, I wanted to check if anyone else > has done it, or something similar. > > Thanks, > Derek Viljoen > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derek > Viljoen - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > "Operator! Give me the number for 911!" - Homer Simpson > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel
