Dom-III PBEM manager

PDF · #1 October 18th, 2006, 08:47 AM

Wraithlord,
There are some simple free tools allowing to send/retrieve pop/smtp mail via command line , no need to setup a server.
I can't really recommend one but it's easy to find.

As for gmail indeed it's not a problem usually, but I don't have access to webmail at work so prefers to use my own address ...

Agrajag · #2 October 18th, 2006, 09:34 AM

I have Gmail

Maybe I'll give your program a try if I get a chance to, but I don't think I'm about to host any PBEM games soon.
Good work either way

WraithLord · #3 October 18th, 2006, 11:58 AM

Thanks for the encouragement guys

@PDF, if you know a good, free, cross-platform, CLI enabled mail tool please tell me, I will test it and add it to the utility.

I am aware of similar tools but they are solaris/unix/linux tools and I want this utility to be cross platform (Also, if you are working on a linux server a couple of bash scripts will also do the trick -> my tool is not aimed for sys admins/devs).

Gandalf Parker · #4 October 18th, 2006, 12:51 PM

Its too involved for me but it looks like some people will find it very useful.

I was going to try and work something out on my linux server (which of course makes everything simpler). Such as, I can create an email address just for the game, and directly process the email directory as the emails come in. And I can send turn files wiothut having to access another server to send them.

Nerfix · #5 October 19th, 2006, 02:15 PM

Mmmm, interesting, very interesting. Is Python hard to learn?

Endoperez · #6 October 19th, 2006, 03:22 PM

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Nerfix said:
Mmmm, interesting, very interesting. Is Python hard to learn?

You should be asking whether or not it would be worth it to learn Python. To answer that, the ones in the know would need to know what you'd use it for.

Nerfix · #7 October 19th, 2006, 03:49 PM

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Endoperez said:You should be asking whether or not it would be worth it to learn Python. To answer that, the ones in the know would need to know what you'd use it for.

But Python leads to Ruby and Ruby and Java (Java I can handle somewhat) lead to Groovy and Groovy...Groovy is the future! And will lead to something else in future.

Gandalf Parker · #8 October 19th, 2006, 03:24 PM

Python is one of the more "english" of programming languages. So I would rank it as one of the easiest to learn. But its also very full featured.

Of couse just about any language could have done this. If you want to compare programming languages here is a really fun site to look at. I love looking at this site.

http://www.99-bottles-of-beer.net/
It has 1019 different programming versions of simple programs to work thru the 99 bottles song.

Gandalf Parker

WraithLord · #9 October 19th, 2006, 07:09 PM

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Gandalf Parker said:
Python is one of the more "english" of programming languages. So I would rank it as one of the easiest to learn. But its also very full featured.

Of couse just about any language could have done this. If you want to compare programming languages here is a really fun site to look at. I love looking at this site.

http://www.99-bottles-of-beer.net/
It has 1019 different programming versions of simple programs to work thru the 99 bottles song.

Gandalf Parker

Wow, this site is spectacular. I think I'll need to spend some time there, to get all the strange languages.