4 posts tagged “mail”
I had this idea last night...I can let users subscribe to feeds without leaving the mail client.
I added all the feeds as messages in the [feeds] folder, and the subscription is controlled by the status of the message. See the screen shot to the right.
Recent updates:
- The inbox is a collection of all your subscribed feeds
- Read/Unread status is preserved across folders (inbox/feed)
- Browse all available feeds in the [feeds] folder
- Add remove/feeds by setting the unread status on the message
- A Perl SMTP server handles incoming messages and processes commands
- Emails sent are not relayed
- Emails are stored in the db for future review, so suggestions and bug reports can be filed easily
- Commands can be handled, but none are added yet.
I may change the feed subscription model to a two folder system. A subscribed folder and an unsubscribed folder. You would move the message that represents a feed into the subscribed folder to add it to your reading list. This seems more intuitive than the way I implemented it. What do you think?
It works! Sprocket.Reader is an IMAP mail server that pulls news feeds from a database. I'm focusing on the iPhone mail client at the moment. It's easy to use and there are no downloads or mods required.
If you are interested in being a beta tester, email me at: xantus at xantus d.o.t org.
Here are screen shots of me reading Slashdot
I've been working on an IMAP server that serves up rss feeds so I can easily read feeds on my iPhone.
I got it working tonight! It's blazingly fast, even on edge.
Screen shots of Sprocket Reader:
It currently reads a few feeds I have setup to automatically update. The server is written in Perl and Sprocket, a networking library I created. Sprocket can handle thousands of simultaneous connections, so I may open it up for beta testing in the future.
Things to do:
Link it with google reader
Add a 'starred' folder and enable messages to be moved to it.
Make it pluggable
OpenID?
Suggestions?
I've been using this little trick for email links for a while now, and I thought I would share it with my fellow voxers. If you use linux and gmail, then keep reading...
I use gnome, for kde users, you would need to look around for 'Preferred Applications' or something to that effect. Maybe a kde user could enlighten us?
- Select 'System' from the system task bar, 'Preferences', and 'Preferred Applications'
- On the internet tab (should be the default tab), select 'Custom' in the Mail Reader dropdown.
- In the command box, paste this:
perl -MURI::Escape -e '$to = shift;$to =~ s/^mailto://i;exec("firefox", "https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&cmid=22&to=".URI::Escape::uri_escape($to) );' '%s'
- Click 'close'
Now, try it out, click a link like this: Email Link
Firefox should open a new tab with a gmail compose window ready to send a message with the person's email filled in for you.
