SPUG: standard way for a web app to handle incoming email?

[Skylos]

Heh, I think he meant to *receive* email with his application, not send it.
  "we want to automate the process of receiving updates from users via
email"

David

On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Meryll Larkin <alwanza at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Maybe I'm assuming too much again....  If the Web app and Database are
> hosted by the same ISP, the ISP usually provides information about how the
> Database can be accessed inside a script (at least provides you with your
> account details - username password, the name/address of database and which
> modules are available to reach it).
>
> If the Web app and Database are not hosted with the same ISP, I could
> understand you might need to parse the email if the ports you need to
> communicate directly with the database aren't open between Web app server
> and DB server.
>
> Meryll
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