initializing system/standard/email
[1/13] from: tim-johnsons::web::com at: 4-Aug-2006 15:35
Seeing some weird problems with 'send...
Partial, but working code:
to-addr: to-email email ;; cast 'email to email data type
to-envelope: make system/standard/email[
To: to-addr
from: info-alaska-internet-solutions.com
subject: subj
]
;; OOPS! error is thrown
Server error: tcp 553 5.0.0 <>... User address required
a dump of probe to-envelope looks like this:
make object! [
To: test-johnsons-web.com ;; looks like email! to me...
CC: none
BCC: none
From: info-alaska-internet-solutions.com
Reply-To: none
Date: none
Subject: "Boreal Imagery Receipt FOR TESTING PURPOSES ONLY."
Return-Path: none
Organization: none
Message-Id: none
Comment: none
X-REBOL: "Core 2.6.2.4.2 http://WWW.REBOL.COM"
MIME-Version: none
Content-Type: none
Content: none
]
solution (in the block):
To: to-email to-addr ;; to-email was already applied!
I would welcome some observations or opinions about this.
On a further note, I made a copy of 'send, used it in my source
and put in debugging stubs. I could see that at the following
line:
if not show [insert clear header-obj/to addr]
;; 'addr is being 'clear'ed
I really love rebol, but I use python also. I have *never*
had legacy python code break with a new installation.
(grumble, grumble)
:-) Inquiring minds want to know.
problem with the 'make action value?
thanks
tim
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[2/13] from: gabriele::colellachiara::com at: 5-Aug-2006 8:48
Hi Tim,
On Saturday, August 5, 2006, 1:35:16 AM, you wrote:
TJ> if not show [insert clear header-obj/to addr]
TJ> ;; 'addr is being 'clear'ed
Check if it's is RAMBO already, otherwise please add it. As a
workaround, just COPY the email address you are passing as
argument (so it's not the SAME? as header/to).
Regards,
Gabriele.
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[3/13] from: tim-johnsons::web::com at: 5-Aug-2006 16:40
* Gabriele Santilli <gabriele-colellachiara.com> [060804 23:00]:
> Hi Tim,
Hi Gabriele:
> On Saturday, August 5, 2006, 1:35:16 AM, you wrote:
>
> TJ> if not show [insert clear header-obj/to addr]
> TJ> ;; 'addr is being 'clear'ed
>
> Check if it's in RAMBO already, otherwise please add it.
Done.
> As a
> workaround, just COPY the email address you are passing as
> argument (so it's not the SAME? as header/to).
Understood...
Thanks.
Keep up the good work.
Tim
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[4/13] from: jjmmes::yahoo:es at: 1-Sep-2006 20:38
I don't think this is a bug. The show option is to
show all recipients in to field, which is normally not
good when you send email to multiple recipients. In
the default case the recipient just sees his email in
the To field but not the other emails the message has
been sent to.
>> help send
USAGE:
SEND address message /only /header header-obj
/attach files /subject subj /show
DESCRIPTION:
Send a message to an address (or block of
addresses)
SEND is a function value.
ARGUMENTS:
address -- An address or block of addresses
(Type: email block)
message -- Text of message. First line is
subject. (Type: any)
REFINEMENTS:
/only -- Send only one message to multiple
addresses
/header -- Supply your own custom header
header-obj -- The header to use (Type:
object)
/attach -- Attach file, files, or [.. [filename
data]]
files -- The files to attach to the message
(Type: file block)
/subject -- Set the subject of the message
subj -- The subject line (Type: any)
/show -- Show all recipients in the TO field
>>
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> * Gabriele Santilli <gabriele-colellachiara.com>
> [060804 23:00]:
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[5/13] from: gabriele:colellachiara at: 2-Sep-2006 13:38
Hi Jose,
On Friday, September 1, 2006, 8:38:41 PM, you wrote:
j> I don't think this is a bug.
The problem is not /SHOW, the problem is that CLEAR is clearing
the passed email address and this is a bug (due to my obsession
for optimization ;).
Regards,
Gabriele.
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[6/13] from: jjmmes:yaho:o:es at: 3-Sep-2006 15:34
Hi Gabriele,
I still don't see the bug and I've studied this code
before.
> > TJ> if not show [insert clear header-obj/to addr]
> > TJ> ;; 'addr is being 'clear'ed
What is cleared is header-obj/to BUT not addr
I might be missing something !
thxs
--- Gabriele Santilli <gabriele-colellachiara.com>
escribió:
> Hi Jose,
> On Friday, September 1, 2006, 8:38:41 PM, you wrote:
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[7/13] from: tim-johnsons:web at: 3-Sep-2006 8:07
* jose <jjmmes-yahoo.es> [060903 05:37]:
> Hi Gabriele,
>
> I still don't see the bug and I've studied this code
> before.
>
> > > TJ> if not show [insert clear header-obj/to addr]
> > > TJ> ;; 'addr is being 'clear'ed
Hello jose:
> What is cleared is header-obj/to BUT not addr
1)'send needs the 'address and 'message arguments
2)with the /header refinement, a header-obj of type
object! is also required
The problem occurs when the /header refinement is used
and the 'to member of the header object is *also* used
as the 'address argument, because the following
block:
[insert clear header-obj/to addr] "destroys" the address
^ ;; same reference as 'address
Thus the fix is to create a new reference to the address
by using 'copy.
To better understand the issue here's a console session to
illustrate:
>> t: "jose"
t: "jose"
== "jose"
>> n: copy "jose"
n: copy "jose"
== "jose"
>> n = t
n = t
== true
>> same? n t
same? n t
== false
>> o: context [t1: "jose"]
o: context [t1: "jose"]
>> t2: o/t1
t2: o/t1
== "jose"
>> same? t2 o/t1
same? t2 o/t1
== true
>> clear t2
clear t2
== ""
>> probe o
probe o
make object! [
t1: ""
]
=====================================================
I hope this helps and by now you can see the 'copy
creates a new reference and when 'address and header-obj/to
are the same reference, changing one, changes the other.
tim ((whois an ol' "c-dog")
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[8/13] from: gabriele:colellachiara at: 4-Sep-2006 10:46
Hi Tim,
On Sunday, September 3, 2006, 6:07:04 PM, you wrote:
>> I still don't see the bug and I've studied this code
>> before.
TJ> 1)'send needs the 'address and 'message arguments
TJ> 2)with the /header refinement, a header-obj of type
TJ> object! is also required
TJ> The problem occurs when the /header refinement is used
TJ> and the 'to member of the header object is *also* used
TJ> as the 'address argument,
Exactly, but not only that - you don't want what you gave as
header/to cleared in any case. The fix is:
either header-obj/to [
header-obj/to: copy header-obj/to
] [
header-obj/to: tmp: make string! 20
if show [
foreach email address [repend tmp [email ", "]]
clear back back tail tmp
]
]
or, to avoid copying when not necessary, the copy could be done in
the "not only" case.
Regards,
Gabriele.
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[9/13] from: jjmmes::yahoo:es at: 4-Sep-2006 23:08
> I hope this helps and by now you can see the 'copy
> creates a new reference and when 'address and
> header-obj/to
> are the same reference, changing one, changes the
> other.
>
Did you post your fix to RAMBO ? I couldn't find it.
The only case were header-obj/to and address are the
same is when you want to show the recipient list to
everybody.
if not show [insert clear header-obj/to addr]
so this doesn't seem a bug to me but I agree to
disagree!
One thing I dislike about rebol is how poorly coded
are important protocols like SMTP, e.g. there have
been a few RAMBO entries about proper STMP
authentication handling but only the must basic bugs
are fixed and the implementation remains widely
incomplete. I find this doesn't happen in other
languages, e.g. Ruby, b/c someone with real interest
in the protocol owns the implementation and ensures it
is widely useful beyond basic academic examples
Maybe R3 will change this but I doubt it 99%. Today is
my pessimistic day of the year !!
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[10/13] from: jjmmes::yahoo:es at: 4-Sep-2006 23:14
--- Gabriele Santilli <gabriele-colellachiara.com>
escribió:
> Exactly, but not only that - you don't want
> what you gave as
> header/to cleared in any case.
I missed your reply. Now I understand ! thanks
The fix is:
> either header-obj/to [
> header-obj/to: copy header-obj/to
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[11/13] from: tim-johnsons:web at: 5-Sep-2006 9:16
* jose <jjmmes-yahoo.es> [060904 13:14]:
> > I hope this helps and by now you can see the 'copy
> > creates a new reference and when 'address and
<<quoted lines omitted: 3>>
> >
> Did you post your fix to RAMBO ? I couldn't find it.
No. I did post the behavior as bug. As per Gabriele's
advice.
> so this doesn't seem a bug to me but I agree to
> disagree!
> One thing I dislike about rebol is how poorly coded
> are important protocols like SMTP,
Perhaps we should call it "poor code" as opposed to
"bug" <grin>...
> Maybe R3 will change this but I doubt it 99%. Today is
> my pessimistic day of the year !!
rebol is a work in progress. I agree with you on some of
your opinions but this is the way I think of it:
I now code regularly in 3 other languages besides rebol:
python
javascript
elisp
If I've been working in any of those three for some time,
and go back to rebol I feel like I've gone from a big
truck to a sports car and the wind is in my face!
In time of sheer productivity line-for-line, rebol beats all
of those above.
Two striking examples are the 'ml protocol which is *sooo* much
nicer to use than the python HtmlGen module and pdf-maker is way
more efficient that reportlab, in my experience.
Stay tuned!
tj
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[12/13] from: jjmmes:yah:oo:es at: 15-Sep-2006 0:39
--- Tim Johnson <tim-johnsons-web.com> escribió:
> rebol is a work in progress. I agree with you on
> some of
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> pdf-maker is way
> more efficient that reportlab, in my experience.
I agree with you on using multiple languages. my prefs
- c++: for serious development
- rebol: nice for cgis and productivity but the lack
of docs, external libraries, closed source make it
much less appealing
- javascript: a must for complex web development
- ruby: the hot thing!. libraries, lots of developers
.
- scheme: for the academic point of view
I agree pdf-maker is one of the greatest (or the
greatest) real world Rebol apps (sad that there are
so few!). Is ml protocol really so nice ?
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[13/13] from: tim-johnsons:web at: 14-Sep-2006 15:42
* jose <jjmmes-yahoo.es> [060914 14:44]:
> I agree pdf-maker is one of the greatest (or the
> greatest) real world Rebol apps (sad that there are
> so few!). Is ml protocol really so nice ?
>
Yes. 'way more efficient than using python HtmlGen, although
it doesn't do any checking for acceptable html keywords -
not that it is all that necessary for me.
tim
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