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Re: [OT] smtp server? and geovision



If GeoVision is running on WinXP Pro you already have an SMTP Server.
Geovision will them dump em in the SMTP dump dir which is normally
c:\inetpub\mailroot.

On 22/05/06, Adrian <yahoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> after some collective knowledge here. I have geovision setup which
works
> fine, I have a perl app running so that when the doorbell is pressed
it
> does 5 consecutive "http gets" of the jpg for the door
camera (from
> geovisions web server, spaced at a second apart)
>
> what i have found is that the cam file on geovision doesnt appear to
> update unless its being accessed so the first few images are normally
> from the last time I accessed the file. - these get written off to be
> put on a website.
>
> What I had though of doing to get these pictures more reliable is to
use
> the email function of geovision (as this always gives  good images) 
but
> what i dont want to do is send them to my ISP and then retrieve them
and
> then save them to disk
>
> Does anyone know if theres a free(ish) smtp server i could setup up on
a
> local machine (XP) that could receive these emails and extract the
jpgs
> and save off to HD
>
> Or alternaltivly, another suitable option.
>
> thanks in advance
>
> Ade
>
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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