[Popcon-developers] Uploading 1.26 ?

[Bill Allombert]

On Sat, Feb 19, 2005 at 11:26:05PM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> 
> [Bill Allombert]
> > For me the main problem is how to decide to use http rather than
> > email.  If the cronjob run when the machine is offline, there is not
> > mailqueue to save us, and anacron will not delay cron until we are
> > online.
> 
> Yes, it is not obvious how to handle this.
> 
> One way to double our chances is to first try HTTP, and if this fail,
> send an email.  This way the chances to get the submission through to
> the server are a lot higher than when only trying only one of these
> methods.

OK, I think HTTP-POST is a better option than stand-alone smtp. I will
try to write a CGI that just post the file to localhost, and then we
will see. (If you feel like doing it, be my guest).

Cheers
-- 
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>

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