Re: [Rails-devel] Enhancement Idea: Automated emails notifications

[Chris S. <chr...@gm...>]

Would such systems work behind my work's corporate firewall?

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On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 5:11 AM, Erik Vos <eri...@xs...> wrote:
> This is an idea I’ve already had in mind for a potential PBEM option.
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> But I don’t see why a dedicated SMTP server would be required.  I’m not sure
> what kind of email interface is supported by Java, but I would try to use
> either the user’s local email system, or his (or any) remote SMTP server.
> The former might not be portable, though.
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> Erik.
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> From: Bob Probst [mailto:bob...@gm...]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 11:17 PM
> To: Development list for Rails: an 18xx game
> Subject: [Rails-devel] Enhancement Idea: Automated emails notifications
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> Provided that there's an available SMTP relay (I might be able to host one -
> and there's plenty of them available for free albeit some for nefarious
> purposes), it would be convenient to add a "Notify by Email" option to a
> game.
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> Each player's email address would have to be entered but once there, when a
> player finished their move, they could notify the group/next player that it
> was their turn.  the email could automatically contain the last set of moves
> (as is the case with the copy buffer) and automatically add an appropriate
> subject line.  It could even attach the .rails file removing the need to use
> dropbox or other file store.
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> Just a thought, not a priority.
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