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Send email to entire contact list
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 1:58 pm
by hansteam
I have a client who wants me to set up a script which would allow users to email a message to their entire Hotmail and AOL contact lists via a form on his site. I've seen this done but I don't know how to do it, any ideas?
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:06 pm
by anjanesh
Search for an API, SOAP protocol, XML etc that can connect to other email service providers.
I dont know abt this - but is there a way to get address book through some protocol just like the way we use mails through POP, SMTP and IMAP ?
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 6:18 pm
by timvw
Usually this info is stored in an LDAP tree which you can search... But it's certainly not an "address book" protocol..
If you have a MSN class / function, like fe:
http://flumpcakes.co.uk/php/msn-messenger (untested) that can login (you will also recieve the contact list) and from there it's a breeze to iterate over the list
