dave0
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14 years ago Updated by trawna.com on 2007-03-29T21:06:31
I'm about to implement the roster notifications, and am thinking about a nice, flexible mechanism for sending email. What I'm picturing (at a high level of abstraction) is a generic mail sending interface which can handle multiple back-end implementations. The first implementation would just be a wrapper around the standard PHP mail function. Other implementations could wrap different, smarter mail clients, such as PHPMailer or Pear::Mail. Each implementation could include an optional configuration function, which would be accessed through a new "mail settings" option on the menu. The implementation to use would be set on the "feature settings" page.
By doing this, there would always be at least one mail option available, the standard PHP mail. Other options would be available depending on what packages had been installed on the server; for example, some web hosts provide Pear pre-installed, so that would be a natural choice for anyone running on such a system.
Originally filed by dave0000 on 2007-01-20T14:00:30
Leaguerunner needs more automatic email notifications. Right now, only password changes are sent via email. We should implement:
defaulted games, unplayed games on nights with no official cancellation, low spirit, etc) * notification to captains when players request to join a team * notification to players when captains request or accept them
To implement this, we will need a much, much better way of sending email, as the existing PHP functionality is inadequate, and we don't really want to be sending mail from within the web code anyway.