PBEM game: Advice and/or recommendations?

[Gandalf Parker]

Since Im more SysAdmin than programmer or webmaster, my method of tracking Users and games was going to be user accounts on the machine. Managed by ISP methods. If a game has an account then it automatically has a web space, quotas, an email address that can be automatically programmed for processing incoming turn files and sending outgoing result files, ftp, etc etc etc. With user accounts they could simply be email aliases allowing for playing anonymously.

Of course to some that would seem the hard way and a database the easy way but Im thinking that depends on your background. The Mose Hansen Version is Perl/MySQL (and available for download if you want to look at the scripts)

[Rowlff]

Like you said, Gandalf: There always more than one way to do it. I prefer the database approach, because it allows for so much more flexibility in aggregating data. A list of all games you play? Just an SQL query! Displaying all games that have open positions left? Another simple query!

Whatever! I've started working on 'domserv' (anybody have a better name?) today, and am making progress (at least that's what I think). As soon as I have something to show, I'll either point you to the address or send you the files to try them on your own machine.