OK, so we''re getting really close to lauch and someone insists on adding a new feature, great, not a problem, but I''ve never done this before, hopefully someone here can at least point me in the right direction. We now need to automatically create an email account for each user that signs up. This email will be used to take incoming messages, parse them and then present the data to the user. Users will not be able to access them as pop accounts. This is all well and good but I have no idea how to do this, what to use for the email server (we''re Linux so I think Postfix might be best, but maybe not), or how to hook the account creation into Rails. Any help here would be greatly appreciated, even just a pointer to some other article that may even just touch on this. Thanks in advance Dale --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Hi Dale, will these e-mail accounts be used on the site only? -Conrad On 2/9/07, PeteSalty <petesalty-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > OK, so we''re getting really close to lauch and someone insists on > adding a new feature, great, not a problem, but I''ve never done this > before, hopefully someone here can at least point me in the right > direction. > > We now need to automatically create an email account for each user > that signs up. This email will be used to take incoming messages, > parse them and then present the data to the user. Users will not be > able to access them as pop accounts. > > This is all well and good but I have no idea how to do this, what to > use for the email server (we''re Linux so I think Postfix might be > best, but maybe not), or how to hook the account creation into Rails. > Any help here would be greatly appreciated, even just a pointer to > some other article that may even just touch on this. > > Thanks in advance > Dale > > > > >--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Yes, they are essentially there so that users can send an email with a subject like ''Dons Party 3/17/07'' to their site account and we create a celendar entry for them on the 17th of March 2007 with the title Dons Party (to be honest I''m not sure this is such a good idea but what do I know). There is no outbound mail and they can''t use a POP client (say Outlook) to pick up their mail. Once the mail is recieved and processed it gets deleted. Rather than creating a seperate email account for each user we could just have a catch all account that gets all email, and then we just pick up and process the ones that have matching users, say bob-9lj1fm1qWnU4Q++5jOxPmw@public.gmane.org and steve669-9lj1fm1qWnU4Q++5jOxPmw@public.gmane.org get processed and assigned to their perspective account (bob and steve669) but davesmith-9lj1fm1qWnU4Q++5jOxPmw@public.gmane.org gets deleted because there is no account with username davesmith. Once again, I don''t know if this is a good idea or not. Dale On Feb 9, 8:29 pm, "Conrad Taylor" <conra...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Hi Dale, will these e-mail accounts be used on the site only? > > -Conrad > > On 2/9/07, PeteSalty <petesa...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > > > > > > OK, so we''re getting really close to lauch and someone insists on > > adding a new feature, great, not a problem, but I''ve never done this > > before, hopefully someone here can at least point me in the right > > direction. > > > We now need to automatically create an email account for each user > > that signs up. This email will be used to take incoming messages, > > parse them and then present the data to the user. Users will not be > > able to access them as pop accounts. > > > This is all well and good but I have no idea how to do this, what to > > use for the email server (we''re Linux so I think Postfix might be > > best, but maybe not), or how to hook the account creation into Rails. > > Any help here would be greatly appreciated, even just a pointer to > > some other article that may even just touch on this. > > > Thanks in advance > > Dale- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text ---~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Take a Look at majordome, it has some of the features your are looking. In my opinion would be better to have just one email account receiving emails in a given format so that you can parse them easly http://www.greatcircle.com/majordomo/ $/usr/bin/mv /usr/bin/mv -rb. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
> OK, so we''re getting really close to lauch and someone insists on > adding a new feature, great, not a problem, but I''ve never done this > before, hopefully someone here can at least point me in the right > direction. > > We now need to automatically create an email account for each user > that signs up. This email will be used to take incoming messages, > parse them and then present the data to the user. Users will not be > able to access them as pop accounts. > > This is all well and good but I have no idea how to do this, what to > use for the email server (we''re Linux so I think Postfix might be > best, but maybe not), or how to hook the account creation into Rails. > Any help here would be greatly appreciated, even just a pointer to > some other article that may even just touch on this.http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowToReceiveEmailsWithActionMailer http://api.rubyonrails.com/files/vendor/rails/actionmailer/README.html -Kyle --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Thanks rb, but majordomo is really a list server, which is not what I''m looking for. On Feb 10, 6:51 am, Rodrigo Bermejo <rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Take a Look at majordome, it has some of the features your are looking. > > In my opinion would be better to have just one email account receiving > emails > in a given format so that you can parse them easly > > http://www.greatcircle.com/majordomo/ > > $/usr/bin/mv /usr/bin/mv > > -rb. > > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Kyle, Thanks so much for pointing this out, I knew there''d be a Rails way of doing it I just didn''t believe, or at least, couldn''t concieve that it would already come with the system. This is what happens when you come from a .NET environment into Rails, you''re constantly astounded by what is already done for you. Dale On Feb 10, 3:43 pm, "Kyle Maxwell" <kyle.c.maxw...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > OK, so we''re getting really close to lauch and someone insists on > > adding a new feature, great, not a problem, but I''ve never done this > > before, hopefully someone here can at least point me in the right > > direction. > > > We now need to automatically create an email account for each user > > that signs up. This email will be used to take incoming messages, > > parse them and then present the data to the user. Users will not be > > able to access them as pop accounts. > > > This is all well and good but I have no idea how to do this, what to > > use for the email server (we''re Linux so I think Postfix might be > > best, but maybe not), or how to hook the account creation into Rails. > > Any help here would be greatly appreciated, even just a pointer to > > some other article that may even just touch on this. > > http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowToReceiveEmailsWithActionM...http://api.rubyonrails.com/files/vendor/rails/actionmailer/README.html > > -Kyle--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---