Windows Email Notifier?

[Velusion]

Does anyone have a program or script that would auto notify via email people that they can play their turn in a multi TCP/IP game? It needs to be for Windows...

[Gandalf Parker]

It gets rough in windows. But the googler keywords you want are "command line" windows client

You might check out these.. googling

[NickW]

For Linux servers, I use this script as my --postexec for email notifications

Code:


#!/bin/bash

PLAYER1=someguy@someemail.com
PLAYER2=someguy@someemail.com
PLAYER3=someguy@someemail.com
PLAYER4=someguy@someemail.com
PLAYER5=someguy@someemail.com
PLAYER6=someguy@someemail.com
PLAYER7=someguy@someemail.com
PLAYER8=someguy@someemail.com

sendmail -fme@my.isp.com -FDomserver $PLAYER1 $PLAYER2 $PLAYER3 $PLAYER4 $PLAYER5 $PLAYER7 $PLAYER8 <<EOF
From: Nick's Dom3 Server <me@my.isp.com>
Subject: Game has hosted
Please connect to server XXXX port YYYY to play your next turn
.
EOF



For windows servers, I install windows scripting host and then use this vbs script

Code:


Set objEmail = CreateObject("CDO.Message")


objEmail.From = "yourusername@yourdomain.com"

objEmail.To = "player1@somedomain.com;player2@somedomain.com"
objEmail.Subject = "Game XXX has hosted!"
objEmail.Textbody = "Please connect to server XXXX port YYYY to play your next turn!"

objEmail.Configuration.Fields.Item _
("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing") = 2

objEmail.Configuration.Fields.Item _
("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver") = "smtpserver.yourdomain.com"

objEmail.Configuration.Fields.Item _
("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport") = 25

'These lines are for if your ISP's SMTP server required authentication
'They can be commented out if not needed

objEmail.Configuration.Fields.Item _
("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpauthenticate") = 1

objEmail.Configuration.Fields.Item _
("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusername") = "yourusername"

objEmail.Configuration.Fields.Item _
("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendpassword") = "yourpassword"

objEmail.Configuration.Fields.Update

objEmail.Send

[Velusion]

Thanks Nick!

How do you call that VBS script? (i.e. how does it know to activate when the turn is ready?)

[NickW]

With the --postexec argument to dom3. You just whip up a custom shortcut to start your dom3 server. You probably want to use things like --textonly --tcpserver --port and so forth anyway, so just add another arg.

[Velusion]

Ahhh cool. I'll give it a go. Thanks!

[alexti]

You can install cygwin on Windows and use Linux scripts.

[NickW]

alexti said:
You can install cygwin on Windows and use Linux scripts.

Bit of overkill though, for someone who just wants simple email notifications for their dom3 game.

[alexti]

It's useful for all kind of things that are otherwise very difficult on Windows. But considering that it's essentially a large set of many convenient utilities, it's hard for most people to find a "must install" reason for cygwin

[Velusion]

Thanks Nick.... used your script and it seems to be working great!