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    email receive

    Dose anyone know how to setup the receive feature of email and where or how will it store the mail
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    #2
    RE: email receive

    see the xbasic reference manual.
    look for documentation on the "email" object.

    you can also use a high level xbasic function called email_receive() that automatically reads email into a table called a_inbox.dbf in the a5 program folder.

    if you use the low level "email" object, then you have full control over the name and the structure of the .dbf table that the email is read into.

    if you use the email_receive() function, then you live with the defaults that this high level function uses.

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      #3
      RE: email receive

      I can get the email a_email_inbox.dbf : Form View (Default) to open but their is no emails to see in it when I send test ones to my account

      Any further ideas
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        #4
        RE: email receive

        John
        I'm having the same problem. have you managed to figure it out?

        Rick T.

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          #5
          RE: email receive

          While you guys are at this, if you can find out whether you can leave the messages on the server please don't keep it a secret.

          Thanks,
          Bill
          Bill Hanigsberg

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            #6
            RE: email receive

            William I think you can. when you go into the setup screen the far right tap has a check box I THINK

            Rick T

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              #7
              RE: email receive

              Sorry William the second tap titled receiving has the check box.

              Rick T

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                #8
                RE: email receive

                Thanks RickT.,

                Read right over that. Looked at the tab, too! I'm suffering from feature overload, sometimes knows as "kid in toystore syndrome" which from this board would appear to be an epidemic.

                Bill
                Bill Hanigsberg

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                  #9
                  RE: email receive

                  Hello Rick

                  I THINK I may have it cracked

                  I have added the table a_email_inbox.dbf from the A5 programme file and can now create my own custom form. Hopefully this will work.

                  Let me know if you have any other ideas

                  John
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                    #10
                    RE: email receive

                    John
                    Thanks for the update. I tried your idea but still cannot receive mail I can send with no problem. Hopefully someone at Alpha will jump in and assist.

                    Rick T

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                      #11
                      RE: email receive

                      I have been attempting to do what�s in the xbasic manual as you suggested.

                      What table and structure do you need to create?

                      Some of that stuff in there is heavy going for someone like me

                      John
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                        #12
                        RE: email receive

                        we have found a problem in email_receive(). it works on some machines, but not others. it will be fixed in next patch.

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                          #13
                          RE: email receive

                          Thanks for the reply.

                          Rick T

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                            #14
                            RE: email receive

                            Selwyn

                            I just downloaded the new patch 1002 and tried the email receive function again. It still will not work. I'm not sure if I am using it correctly. What I have done is created a script and placed email_receive(.t.) in it. When I run the script it opens the default layout in a_email_in_box but there are no records. Have I done something wrong.

                            Rick T.

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                              #15
                              RE: email receive

                              Hello anyone

                              Rick and myself have got this problem to the stage below any further help would be appreciated

                              The email client opens, attempts to download mail but doesn�t seem to be able read the mail and gives a message of 0 new emails

                              'The following script reads emails into a table called "inbox".
                              '---------------------------------------------------
                              Dim es as p
                              Es.dummy = "" 'must initialize the dot varible with a dummy value
                              Registry.load_settings("init\email",es)
                              dim e as l
                              e=Email.receive()

                              dim e as p

                              e = email.open( )
                              e.client_hostname = "my details"
                              e.client_identity = " my details "
                              e.client_password = " my details "
                              e.client_username = " my details "
                              e.mail_hostname = " my details "
                              e.receive_attachments_field = "Attachments"
                              e.receive_autodelete = .t.
                              e.receive_bcc_address_field = "Bcc"
                              e.receive_cc_address_field = "Cc"
                              e.receive_date_field = "Sent_Date"
                              e.receive_from_address_field = "From"
                              e.receive_limit = -1.000000
                              e.receive_message_body_field = "Body"
                              e.receive_reply_field = "Reply"
                              e.receive_sort_date_field = "Sort_Date"
                              e.receive_subject_field = "Subject"
                              e.receive_to_field = "To"
                              dim tbl as p
                              tbl = table.open("a_email_inbox")
                              count = e.receive(tbl)
                              if e.errors "" then
                              ui_msg_box("Email",""+count + " messages were received")
                              else
                              ui_msg_box("Error",e.errors)
                              end if
                              delete e 'close the email object



                              Regards

                              John

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