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Hi! We have a client that will need to modify just one line on their website every so often. They're absolute luddites that have a basic grasp of email and can't even get to grips with Basecamp.

 

So we could just build a simple login with one text field and do it that way - not very interesting though!

 

What we were thinking of is just sending an email to a certain address and having a script update the site with the content from that email. I've seen plenty of plugins for things like Wordpress, that achieve this - but having a whole blog engine seems like overkill for a one liner!

 

There's also things like Twiitter where we could set up an obscure account and use the RSS feed from that, but then we're relying on a third party service which could go at anytime.

 

Has anyone seen a simple script that will check and email account and update a database / text file?

 

Thanks!

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i don't think it would be the script to check the email account every so often. i think it'd be more like the email is sent to the script, and the script retrieves it, process it, and updates the database with the filtered content. i'd also advise implimenting a validation feature, so not just anyone can send an email to the script.

 

also, look into this class:

http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/package/2934.html

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The e-mail idea is interesting, but if this e-mail address accepts a message from anyone, there's a possiblity that things will be posted on this website unwittingly.  Will you be hosting this proposed e-mail account?  If so, a Perl script invoked by cron might be a better option.  The simple login/single text field seems like the least complicated/most obvious solution, though.

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Yup, obviously there would be validation of the subject line, we can have a pin number or something similar that needs to be included in the subject.

 

So, the question remains - has anyone seen anything similar - or does anyone have a better idea?! But something more original and easier to use than just a one line CMS!

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Yup, obviously there would be validation of the subject line, we can have a pin number or something similar that needs to be included in the subject.

 

So, the question remains - has anyone seen anything similar - or does anyone have a better idea?! But something more original and easier to use than just a one line CMS!

 

take a look at the link i posted. it does what you are looking for.

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