Re: Suggestions for www4mail next patch

How much overhead would a systems like this put on the server.  I know at 
peak times my load averages go over 13 (not good).  Also if it entails 
what Onime has said, this wouldn't really be a 'patch' but a full rewrite 
or an extra module for the www4mail server.  I'm just curious, thanks ...



On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, ONIME EHIMIKA OHIREIME wrote:

> 
> Steve,
> I must confess I have given some thought to such an option. It is a secret
> that www4mail can accept form data using the following syntax in e-mail
> 
> XBASE= BASE HREF "http://www.altavista.com"
> XFORM= FORM METHOD GET ACTION "/cgi-bin/query"
> pg=q
> text=yes
> k1=XX
> q=Steve Song
> act=search
> submit=Submit
> XSUBMIT_NOW=Submit
> XFORM= /FORM
>  
> The above example when sent to a www4mail server will perform a search
> using Altavista for "Steve Song" 
> 
> Note that at least the METHOD & ACTION entries are required, the
> HTML entries do not have the < or > or the = sign (they were replaced
> with spaces). In order to have a = sign in the data entry it could escaped
> as \=.
> 
> 
> Okay, I have three reasons for shying away from this getweb form
> filling problem:
> 
> 1. Some pull down lists are over 100 items (E.g list of countries).
> 	(This means adding 100 extra lines to the page ??) or ignoring the
> 		such items???)
> 
> 2. One has to write code to support each type of HTML tag, if some new
> 	tag appears tomorrow, you have to code again. Using the current
> 	browser method, a new TAG means that the USER should get a new
> 	browser and not the Administrator getting a new server software.
> 
> 3. I did not get any encouraging response to my earlier question on the
> 	need for such a system.
> 
> So the solution I have in mind is to make public the above syntax, this
> means that the user has to extract the FORM syntax from the source web
> page himself...:-).
> Provide a command for the USER to select that the reply should be in the
> GET or tsource format and  I was thinking of having a XJSDUMP command (A
> javascript program that will dump the www4mail DATA syntax to the BROWSER
> window. 
> 
> I look forward to your comments...
> 
> Clement Onime
> 
>  On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Steve Song wrote:
> 
> > Clement,
> > 
> > Your list looks excellent.  I have only one other item that I would put on
> > the wish list and it's a big one.  You may disagree with me on it..... ;-)
> >  but I think that for true user flexibility, it would be great to allow
> > getweb style form-filling as well as the existing browser based form filling.  
> > 
> > Cheers.... steve
> > 
> > At 07:06 AM 99/03/10 , www-email-discuss-request@w3.org wrote:
> > >
> > >Dear,
> > >I am trying to compile a list for the next www4mail patch
> > >
> > >1. Allow END Tag or Command
> > >	end and a few other tags E.g --
> > >
> > >2. Allow autodetection of MIME-TYPE for the get or send command
> > >	(right now www4mail assumes text/plain for get or send)
> > >
> > >3. Allow Users to select That FORM replies should arrive as 
> > >	get or tsource..
> > >
> > >4. Smarter IP blocking
> > >	www4mail should try to look up the name of the IP address,
> > >	test the name and if the name fails then restrict the site
> > >	otherwise answer the request.
> > >
> > >5. Smarter HELP/COmment system
> > >	E.g split messages should carry a comment about re-combining
> > >	split parts.
> > >	Suggest decoder programs based on MIME type ???
> > >
> > >	Allow context sensitive help
> > >	E.g help XURLCODE or help GETPART , etc...
> > >
> > >6. Option to allow users turn off mail splitting
> > >
> > >7. Check for duplicate frame entries
> > >
> > >8. Additional check for X-RATED sites, via the 
> > >	META Keywords header
> > >
> > >Any additions and suggestions or comments or code ;-) are welcomed.
> > >
> > >Thanks
> > >Clement Onime
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ______________________________________________________________
> > Steve Song <ssong@idrc.ca>
> > Unganisha (Connectivity) Project <http://www.idrc.ca/unganisha>
> > International Development Research Centre
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> > 
> 
>

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