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

[Bob P. <bob...@gm...>]

SMTP wouldn't be blocked but an external host IP might be.  You could point
it at a corporate SMTP relay - but that's probably a bigger breach of IT
policy than playing games at work.

Of course, you could also use your local corporate mail client if that
functionality were programmed and other than having the mail go through
corporate servers, it would be fine.

I don't use a local mail client so that option would not be of use to me.

On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Chris Shaffer <chr...@gm...>wrote:

> Would such systems work behind my work's corporate firewall?
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> Chris
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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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > Erik.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > Just a thought, not a priority.
> >
> >
> >
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