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Re: [HACKERS] Win32 release warning


  • From: "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>
  • To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
  • Cc: "Bruce Momjian" <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, "PostgreSQL Win32 port list" <pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "PostgreSQL-development" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
  • Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Win32 release warning
  • Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 22:06:28 +0200
  • Message-id: <6BCB9D8A16AC4241919521715F4D8BCE475B3C(at)algol(dot)sollentuna(dot)se>

>> Right. So how would you get the email address, without 
>starting the mail 
>> reader?
>
>have them enter one in a text box?
>
>> We could add a checkbox that takes them to a webpage that permits 
>> subscription. But they are certainly going to need to put 
>their email 
>> address in there in some way...
>
>Sorry, I didn't mean no email address ... I meant having a 
>text box on in 
>pginstaller itself that would auto-mail that out ... 

Don't think that's going to work. You need th emailserver. In most
cases, you need the login for the mailserver. Most companies and
nowadays a lot of home ISPs block outbound SMTP unless you go through
their authenticated servers.

> a link to the 
>subscribe option(s) at the web site would be perfect too ...

That one can work, assuming we have a web form somewhere people can
subscribe from.

//Magnus



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