Re: Sending mail from an application launched as a startup item
Re: Sending mail from an application launched as a startup item
- Subject: Re: Sending mail from an application launched as a startup item
- From: Quinn <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 09:43:06 +0100
At 19:16 -0400 2/10/07, Peter Sichel wrote:
Typically a "network administrator" would configure the app on
a server machine, but doesn't want to remain logged in 24x7.
The whole point of InternetConfig is to provide a repository
for shared network settings, but there doesn't appear to be
a clear model for defining system wide settings.
Overall, I think it would be better to:
a) use your own code to send mail
b) store the preferences to do this in your own preferences
The Message framework is not something we actively promote the use of
(the plan is for it to be officially deprecated in Leopard). Using
the Message framework from a daemon is not something we support (see
table 2 of TN2083). If you look at the framework's linkage, you'll
see that it links to AppKit!
Alas, I don't know of any good alternative for sending email.
Certainly, there's no Apple-created API for this (except the Message
framework, of course). If your needs are modest, you can just write
your own code.
At 16:34 -0400 2/10/07, Peter Sichel wrote:
My application also supports an option to run as a Mac OS X startup
item.
Please tell me that this is factored out, and that you don't actually
run your application as a startup item. That's /such/ a bad idea.
S+E
--
Quinn "The Eskimo!" <http://www.apple.com/developer/>
Apple Developer Relations, Developer Technical Support, Core OS/Hardware
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