ProHosting is... WORKING! cgiemail.r needs to specify server?

[1/7] from: giovanni:cardona at: 16-Dec-2000 16:15

Wow Michal... IT WORKED!!!! :) I configured the html to work with the script, but seems that the script cgiemailer.r itself requires a little work. Any ideas? This is the error it reports ** User Error: No network server for smtp is specified. ** Where: smtp-port: open [scheme: 'smtp] if email? (yes I renamed cgiemailer.r to cgiemailer.cgi, converted the text file to Unix format and chmod to 711)

[2/7] from: kracik:mbox:dkm:cz at: 16-Dec-2000 22:06

Hi, you should use set-net REBOL function at the beginning of your script and set some SMTP server to send email. Prohosting's free server does not work as SMTP server, so you cannot use it. But even if you found some other server that accepts incoming email from any domain (open SMTP relay), it would not work from prohosting - it somehow blocks all outgoing email. This (and introduction of banners) was the reason I stopped using prohosting, and never completed the "how-to". Anyway, this was the situation some time ago, maybe it has changed. I asked the administrator and he did not explain why or how they block outgoing email, he only wrote that paid prohosting service supports sending email. -- Michal Kracik Giovanni Cardona wrote:

[3/7] from: giovanni::cardona::com at: 16-Dec-2000 18:34

Well, at least we can REBOL for free on this site ;) I started learning REBOL last saturday and I just finished my first CGI Rebol script to use it in my pet site: http://balder.prohosting.com/~mambo966/cgi-bin/cgismpro.cgi I think the code looks better than doing it with Perl anyways ;) Your comments are very welcome! #!rebol -cs REBOL [ Title: "The Sea-Monkey Project" Author: "[Giovanni--Cardona--com]" Date: 16-12-2000 Version 0.1.2 File: %cgismpro.cgi Email: "[seamonkeyuncle--netclubmedia--com]" Rights: "Copyright Giovanni Cardona 2001" Comment: { This program may help new breeders to start a Sea-Monkey family succesfully. It will show a table of procedures during the first month. The user will then have an idea of the decisions to take during the rest of their pet life. Visit the web site for more tips at: http://roads.to/seamonkey } ] print "Content-Type: text/html^/" ;-- Required Page Header ; ;initialize values set 'wait_eggs 24:00:00 set 'wait_first_food_dosis 5 set 'wait_first_plasma_dosis 10 set 'wait_food 4 set 'wait_plasma 14 ; set 'water-purifier now set 'instant-life :water-purifier + :wait_eggs set 'growth-food :instant-life + :wait_first_food_dosis set 'plasma :instant-life + :wait_first_plasma_dosis set 'first-month 31 ; ;Block of messages, maybe be used as an ;external file for multi-language purpose ;Messages set 'msg [ Water Purifier Instant Life Growth Food Plasma First Dosis Next Dosis three big scoops one big scoop one small scoop Follow this exact procedure for the first two packets Suggested Growth-Food dosis during the first month Suggested Plasma dosis during the first month entire packet {<center><h1>THE SEA-MONKEY PROJECT:</h1> <h2>TIME TABLE FOR THE FIRST MONTH</h2> <h3>Print this document</h3></center>} {Please notice that I offer this table as a reference only. That means that only you decide the exact procedures to follow depending on your own experiences, regional particularities like temperatures, water and air quality and the freshness of your formulas, including storage temperatures, etc. By no means does <a href='mailto:[seamonkeyuncle--netclubmedia--com']>The Sea-Monkey Uncle</a> assume any responsability for any mishap that may occur when following the procedures dictated in this table.} { <center>You have to wait 24 hours after Water Purifier to add Instant Life (next day/same hour)</center>} {Please visit us at <a href='http://roads.to/seamonkey'>http://roads.to/seamonkey</a> for more info, tricks & tips, real life video footage, virtual cards, historic view or just participate in our monthly give-a-way!} {For a list of kits on the internet click <a href='http://w ww.amazon.com/ exec/obidos/ex ternal-search? tag=theseamonk eypage&keyword=sea+monkeys&mode=toys'>HERE</a>.} ] ;list of repetitive tags series set 'tgs [ <div align='center'><center><table width='80%'> </table></center></div> <tr><td> </td></tr> </td><td> ] ;Print Block print "<html><head><title>SEA-MONKEY PLANNER</title></head>" print "<body bgcolor='#FFFFFF'>" print "<div align='center'><center><table width='90%' bgcolor='#FFFFAA'>" print tgs/3 print msg/15 print msg/10 ; ;Water Purifier & Instant Life dates print tgs/1 print [tgs/3 msg/1 tgs/5 water-purifier/date water-purifier/time tgs/5 msg/14 tgs/4] print [tgs/3 msg/2 tgs/5 instant-life/date instant-life/time tgs/5 msg/14 tgs/4] print tgs/2 print msg/17 print msg/13 ; ; ;display food dosis during the first month ;count an entire month after the water purifier ; print msg/11 ; print tgs/1 for d growth-food (water-purifier + first-month) wait_food [ prin [tgs/3 d/date] either (d = growth-food) [print [tgs/5 msg/5 msg/9 tgs/4]][print [tgs/5 msg/9 tgs/4]] ] print tgs/2 ; ; ;display plasma dosis during the first month ;count an entire month after the water purifier ; print [msg/12] ; print tgs/1 for p plasma (water-purifier + first-month) wait_plasma [ prin [tgs/3 p/date] either (p = plasma) [print [tgs/5 msg/5 msg/7 tgs/4]][print [tgs/5 msg/8 tgs/4]] ] print tgs/2 ; ;final statements ;disclaimer, etc print msg/13 print "<hr width='90%'>" print msg/13 print msg/16 print msg/18 print msg/19 print msg/13 print [tgs/4 tgs/2 msg/13] print "</body></html>" ; ----- Original Message ----- From: Michal Kracik <[kracik--mbox--dkm--cz]> To: <[rebol-list--rebol--com]> Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 2:06 PM Subject: [REBOL] Re: ProHosting is... WORKING! cgiemail.r needs to specify server?

[4/7] from: carlos:lorenz at: 16-Dec-2000 22:12

would you mind giving me a step by step instructions on how to make it works? --Carlos Lorenz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Giovanni Cardona" <[giovanni--cardona--com]> To: <[rebol-list--rebol--com]> Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2000 12:34 AM Subject: [REBOL] Re: ProHosting is... WORKING! cgiemail.r needs to specify server?

[5/7] from: giovanni:cardona at: 16-Dec-2000 22:45

Hi! I followed Mr.Kracik instructions on his web page http://hammer.prohosting.com/~rebol/rebol-cgi-prohosting.html download the BSDI version of REBOL and save it on cgi-bin, rename your script as .cgi and chmod them at 711. Remember that the CR/LF of your script needs to be UNIX format. ----- Original Message ----- From: Lorenz <[carlos--lorenz--net]> To: <[rebol-list--rebol--com]> Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 4:12 PM Subject: [REBOL] Re: ProHosting is... WORKING! cgiemail.r needs to specify server?

[6/7] from: arolls:bigpond:au at: 17-Dec-2000 14:15

> I followed Mr.Kracik instructions on his web page > http://hammer.prohosting.com/~rebol/rebol-cgi-prohosting.html > download the BSDI version of REBOL and save it > on cgi-bin, rename your script as .cgi and chmod them > at 711.

Can we specify permissions when uploading files *in rebol* , so we don't have to use chmod in another ftp client ? It's sub-optimal to have to open another ftp client.

> Remember that the CR/LF of your script needs to be > UNIX format.

For anyone who doesn't know how to do this, I did it this way: write/string server-file read/string local-file from write help: /string -- Translates all line terminators. Note, like /binary, you need to specify /string when reading *and* writing, otherwise it won't work. Anton.

[7/7] from: rebol:techscribe at: 15-Jan-2001 11:21

You do need to tell REBOL which smtp acccount it should use to send out the mail (set-net, the same thing you do when you install REBOL on your machien. Look in your local user.r file.) I don't think that prohosting gives you an email account, so you probably cannot use something like smtp.prohosting.com, or mail.prohosting.com. The question is if your regular email account (the one you use to send out email), will forward the email for you. I've had problems doing that with my ISP. I've gotten it to work with other ISP's though. Elan Giovanni Cardona wrote: