Re: Receive Email

From: ianal Vista <ianal_vista_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 02:45:38 GMT
Message-ID: <Xns978DBEB273F11ianalvistahotmailcom@70.169.32.36>

"Mark C. Stock" <mcstockX_at_Xenquery .com> wrote in news:47-dnbTaq8Vivr3ZnZ2dnUVZ_vqdnZ2d_at_comcast.com:

>
> "ianal Vista" <ianal_vista_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns978D5007FF966ianalvistahotmailcom_at_70.169.32.36...

>: "Francesco" <fraberardinelli_at_tiscali.it> wrote in news:zgUTf.43355
>: $A83.1170786_at_twister1.libero.it:
>:
>: > Ok, GREAT!
>: > Could you tell me what you're talking about ? Which do you think is
>: the
>: > correct tool ?
>: > I'm not sure that you understood exactly what my problem is...
>: >
>: > Thanks anyway
>: >
>: > "ianal Vista" <ianal_vista_at_hotmail.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
>: > news:Xns978D41C25F30Eianalvistahotmailcom_at_70.169.32.36...
>: >> "Francesco" <fraberardinelli_at_tiscali.it> wrote in
>: >> news:maQTf.42540$PR2.794643_at_twister2.libero.it:
>: >>
>: >>> I would like to create a mail client for Oracle Forms.
>: >>
>: >>
>: >> Why are you reinventing the wheel using the wrong tool?
>: >
>: >
>: >
>:
>: You said that you wanted to use Oracle Form to create an email
>: application.
>: You seem to want to use Forms to read & write email messages.
>: From my perspective that is the equivalent of using a hammer to cut a
>: piece of lumber.
>: Incoming email messages reside in OS text files; which may or may not
>: be directly accessible to your Forms application.
>:
>: Besides you've neglected to mention which version of Forms
>: (whether client/server or webforms).

>
> presuming the database is Oracle, UTL_SMTP is provided for this
> purpose -- just about every version of forms can certainly access
> packages and procedures that encapsulate the appropriate UTL_SMTP
> calls to provide a common mail client integrated with a forms-based
> application.
>
> ++ mcs
>
>

Please post a coding example of using UTL_SMTP to RECIEVE an email message.

The SMTP protocol is used to SEND messages. Typically either POP or IMAP are used to retrieve messages.

IMO, aa app. that can only send messages is borderline useless. Received on Tue Mar 21 2006 - 20:45:38 CST