All good ideas. Also, I'm not sending emails invisibly. The option to email support gathers all the environment info and supplies it to revMail as the message with a few blank lines at the top for the user to give details of the problem.
Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Matthias Rebbe < matthias_livecode_150...@m-r-d.de> wrote: > Peter, > > you could try to use the smtp server which is responsible for your > emailaddress. Your server normally will accept emails for your emailaddress. > I write normally, because there are cases where this will not work. For > example if your smtp server uses reverse dns to check the sender. > > Another option would be to let your app post that data to a php or > livecodeserver script, which then does the sending. > > But wouldn´t it be better to let the user send the email manually? You > could let your app put the desired data into the clipboard and let revmail > open the email editor. You could then instruct the user > to paste the content of the clipboard into the editor window. > > i, for one would love to know when a software is sending data or is > phoning home. > > > Regards, > > Matthias > > > -- > Matthias Rebbe > matthias (at) rebbe.tk > Tel: +49.5741.310000 > -- > "Life is too short for boring code" > > > > > > > > Am 13.09.2012 um 23:21 schrieb Peter Haworth <p...@lcsql.com>: > > > Looks like that won't help. > > > > The purpose for this is for a user of my software to send an email to > > support and to automatically attach a file to the email that contains > > information about the user's environment. Sarah's stack requires the > name > > of the SMTP server and since that will be different on each user's > machine > > and I don't know in advance what it is, her stack won't help me > > unfortunately. > > > > Any other suggestions? I can embed the information in the body of the > > email instead of in an attachment so not hugely important. Or I could > just > > rewrite my app to run on iPhone/Android, then I could use the commands > > provided by LC for those platforms :-) > > > > Pete > > lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> > > > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Matthias Rebbe < > > matthias_livecode_150...@m-r-d.de> wrote: > > > >> Peter, > >> > >> Sarah Reichelt´s smtp library can help. > >> > >> http://www.troz.net/rev/index.irev?category=Library#stacks > >> > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Matthias Rebbe > >> matthias (at) rebbe.tk > >> Tel: +49.5741.310000 > >> -- > >> "Life is too short for boring code" > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Am 13.09.2012 um 21:44 schrieb Peter Haworth <p...@lcsql.com>: > >> > >>> I notice that revMail does not have a way to attach a file to the email > >> it > >>> creates. Is there perhaps a plugin or library that will provide that > >>> functionality? > >>> Pete > >>> lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> use-livecode mailing list > >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> subscription preferences: > >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> use-livecode mailing list > >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> subscription preferences: > >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode