Re: Virtual Postcards

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 17110
interpreted = N
texte = >Has anyone done a virtual postcard with WebCat before? > >We're looking at various options: > >1. Visitor fills out a form with their name/email, recipient's email >address, and message (written to db) and WebCat emails a unique URL to the >recipient. Recipient visits, collects card. > >2. Visitor fills out a form with their name/email, recipient's email >address, and message (written to db) and WebCat emails a unique *card >number* to the recipient. Recipient visits, enters card number, gets >postcard. > >3. Visitor fills out a form with their name/email, recipient's email >address, and postcard is mailed as an email attachment to the recipient. > >The only way I can think of expiring the postcard is to set a date with the >initial postcard entry and then occasionally do a search for dates older >than 10 or 14 days and then delete the entries. You can automate this so it happens once a day without your intervention.Sincerely, Ken Grome 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions mailto:ken@webdna.net http://www.webdna.net Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Virtual Postcards (Grant Hulbert 1998)
  2. Re: Virtual Postcards (Bill Heissenbuttel 1998)
  3. Re: Virtual Postcards (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  4. Virtual Postcards (Bill Heissenbuttel 1998)
>Has anyone done a virtual postcard with WebCat before? > >We're looking at various options: > >1. Visitor fills out a form with their name/email, recipient's email >address, and message (written to db) and WebCat emails a unique URL to the >recipient. Recipient visits, collects card. > >2. Visitor fills out a form with their name/email, recipient's email >address, and message (written to db) and WebCat emails a unique *card >number* to the recipient. Recipient visits, enters card number, gets >postcard. > >3. Visitor fills out a form with their name/email, recipient's email >address, and postcard is mailed as an email attachment to the recipient. > >The only way I can think of expiring the postcard is to set a date with the >initial postcard entry and then occasionally do a search for dates older >than 10 or 14 days and then delete the entries. You can automate this so it happens once a day without your intervention.Sincerely, Ken Grome 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions mailto:ken@webdna.net http://www.webdna.net Kenneth Grome

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