[Javascript] automated firing off emails

[David T. Lovering]

Don't you mean 'PERL'?  Incidently, you can invoke server-side scripts from a client-side JavaScript, albeit it
is a black art (and the security nazis don't like it to be public knowledge that it is even possible).  The trick
is to use the server-side form-handling POST/GET mechanisms to invoke a server-side CGI/BIN script which (in addition to behaving like a form validation routine) also sends off the email you want.  You can use the "system"
call in PERL to issue a mail invocation, complete with subject, destination, and content.

I do all my auto email stuff from PERL, so it should be highly do-able.

-- Dave Lovering

Janine Marriott wrote:
> 
> Thanks for all the replies
> 
> Server side is going to be the answer.
> Haven't quiet figured it yet but pearl script using sendmail could be the
> answer.
> 
> Bill
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Lovering" <dlovering at gazos.com>
> To: <javascript at LaTech.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 9:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [Javascript] automated firing off emails
> 
> > As a matter of fact, I have set up automatic e-mail messaging systems (for
> > network emergencies, etc.), but the mail always originates on the server
> > end.  Yes, you can build out a "full" mailto: form directive, attach it to
> a
> > timer (or a button, or a ... ), and have it launch from the client [it is
> > virtually ALWAYS true that JavaScript executes on the client host, not the
> > server], but the various issues involved usually makes this unwise.  On
> the
> > other hand, the server side has extensive logging, the mail application
> > requires source authentication of the process, and so forth -- making it a
> > much safer (and easier!) thing to arrange.
> >
> > -- Dave Lovering
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mark" <mark_weinstock at yahoo.com>
> > To: <javascript at LaTech.edu>
> > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 11:38 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Javascript] automated firing off emails
> >
> >
> > > To me, this would be a security problem. I could create a script that
> > > automatically sends email from your PC without your knowing it.
> > >
> > > From a technical side, how would you know what mail client was (or
> > > even IF there was a mail client) on the PC?
> > >
> > >
> > > --- bill.marriott at agric.nsw.gov.au wrote:
> > > > Hi Everyone,
> > > >
> > > > Has anyone had experience in using javascript to automate the
> > > > sending of
> > > > emails
> > > >
> > > > I don't just mean mailto where it opens up your mail client but
> > > > something
> > > > that will actually fire off an email from your mail client
> > > >
> > > > thanks
> > > >
> > > >  Bill Marriott
> > > > Analyst/Programmer
> > > > Information Technology
> > > > NSW Agriculture
> > > > Orange
> > > >
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> > >
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