RE: [ROOT] Send eMails...

From: Valeri Fine (fine@bnl.gov)
Date: Thu Jan 22 2004 - 18:45:35 MET


> > You must be kidding :-)))
> >
> > No, just kidding. A few years ago were being accused of doing
everything
> > in ROOT, and that in the next version we will send email from
TObject
> > and turn on the coffee machine.
> >
> > I think it might nice to have a SMTP class that allows one to send
email
> > for reporting (but not in TObject :-)).

> > Maybe for the time being you
> > could survive with using TSystem::OpenPipe() to send a mail message
> > using "/bin/mail".
> >
> > If you mail me a TSMPT (TMail) I will consider it.
> 
> I do not think we need it as a ROOT class. I'll prepare a macro for
> $ROOTSYS/tutorial/sendmail.C with TSMPT class inside
> which will demonstrate an usage of TSocket classes. Be done today.

Why do you think this worth to try?
I mean what is wrong with the solution been proposed?
 
> Regards. Valeriy
> 
> >
> >
> > Cheers, Fons.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 08:58, Thomas Bretz wrote:
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > is it possible to send eMails from the root environment? It would
be a
> > > very nice feature if root is able to access an SMTP host, eg for
sending
> > > reports about automatic procedures...
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Thomas.
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> > E-Mail: Fons.Rademakers@cern.ch              Phone: +41 22 7679248
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> >
> >



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