[MUD-Dev] Mail from mud Update :)

[Richard Woolcock]

Stephen Zepp wrote:
> 
> 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!

I'm catching up on xmas mail, so sorry if someone has mentioned this already...
try a & on the end of the command within system.  I use a similar thing to 
delete player-recognition files -  system("rm -f -r ../known/*/Kavir &"); or
whatever.  I really need to find some effective way to pack info about everyone
you know into a single file, yet have a decent way of removing all knowledge of
you from everyone elses file when you die...

KaVir.