[MUD-Dev] Mail from mud Update :)

[Stephen Zepp]

Vadim Tkachenko wrote:
> 
> Stephen,
> 
[snip my request for suggestions]
> As for me, the most straightforward way of sending mail is to use
> sendmail. If you're operating in UNIX, that's peanuts, especially perl -
> 
> open( SENDMAIL,"|`which sendmail`" );
> print SENDMAIL ... # Don't forget your headers, as in RFC822
> close SENDMAIL; # This commits the delivery, otherwise it will wait
> until your process terminates, which is probably not what you want :-)
> 
> Syntax is approximate, you WANT to check it :-)
> 
> In other cases/operating systems, it would be probably better to talk to
> sendmail too - you just telnet (open socket connection) to the nearby
> UNIX' port 25 and go ahead as RFC822 says.
> 
> Draft Java implementation is available on request.
> 
> > Zoran
> 
> --
> Still alive and smile stays on,
> Vadim Tkachenko <VadimT at 4CS.Com>
> --
> UNIX _is_ user friendly, he's just very picky about who his friends are



I went ahead and tried what KaVir suggested, and it worked pretty smoothly. the C system( "sendmail -s <subject>
<address> <mail.file" ); worked, however, some lag is apparent since system waits for completion.  I'll just have to
research fork and do it that way.

Thanks everyone for the help!

Z