From: Rich Kilmer <rich@...>
Date: 2002-08-16T05:11:14+09:00
Subject: RE: ruby email client; why?

How about a ruby process that can connect to Outlook and process
received messages (for those of us forced by employers to use such a
beast).

With Win32OLE nothing is impossible ;-)

-rich

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pe�a, Botp [mailto:botp@delmonte-phil.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 4:03 PM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: RE: ruby email client; why?
> 
> I would like an ruby email client to have the ruby interpreter in it.
> With this I can for eg, sort my mails anyway I want, or parse mail
> headers/subject/contents for highly fancy rules/filters (possibly
using
> regexp and of course ruby programming/triggers)... or maybe hook it on
ms
> exchange ;-)
> 
> .. or more like a mail client running on a ruby virtual machine??
> 
> k, I am not dreaming,... just crazy (and old :-).. but hey, w guys
like
> matz, guy, nobu, transami, dave, etc., nothing is impossible ;-)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Campbell [mailto:michael_s_campbell@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 3:41 AM
> > To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
> > Subject: ruby email client; why?
> >
> >
> > I find this thread somewhat interesting.  When I'm shopping
> > around for an application, I typically look for one in terms
> > of its functionality; not what language it's written in.
> >
> > For the people that are asking for a ruby email app, why?
> > For illustrative purposes, so you can see how they do "x"?
> > So you can more easily modify it?  Something else?
> >
> > I'm not criticizing, just curious.
> >
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