Password, trust and user notification

[Aidan Steele]

On 14 Dec 2006 15:22:35 -0800, placid <Bulkan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> > On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:44:14 +1100, "Aidan Steele" <aidan at aidans.org>
> > declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general:
> >
> > > While what you said is technically correct, I think you misread their
> > > original question. They want to send email *from* the Gmail account
> *to* the
> > > work account. I suggested that he use Gmail's SMTP server to send the
> email.
> > >
> >       The most confusing thing is that is sounds very much like they
> want
> > to use the /recipient's/ Gmail account to send email to the
> > /recipient's/ work email account -- rather than connecting directly to
> > the recipient's work account mail server. (Of course, it may be that
> > their own ISP blocks pass-through SMTP -- that's a different matter) --
>
>
> Ok, everyone now forget that i even asked about connecting to Gmail and
> sending an email back to the work email, for some reason you guys are
> not answering my question.
>
> Is there any other way (other than email's !) to notify a user of
> events within a script?
>
> Thanks for all the help.
> Cheers
>
> --
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Perhaps by using instant messaging, eg: Jabber? (http://
jabberpy.sourceforge.net/)

You could create an account for the daemon/script and have it send messages
to the client throughout the script's execution. Fewer security concerns in
that setup!

Aidan Steele.
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