Email notification

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harjot
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Email notification

Post by harjot » 2015-10-15 20:14

Hello,

I have created a web app with tables and now I would like to get an email notification every time someone changes the fields. How do I set this up?
I followed this but it broke the page.
http://bigprof.com/appgini/tips-and-tut ... ed-records

any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thankyou

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Re: Email notification

Post by harjot » 2015-10-19 02:46

I got this working, but now I have another issue, my site is hosted at godaddy and email notifications don't always come promptly. Sometimes there is a delay of upwards an hour. What could be the cause and solution? please help!

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Re: Email notification

Post by udayvatturi » 2015-10-20 02:36

I am having same issue from godaddy, its not problem with appgini or php. Its problem with godaddy.

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Re: Email notification

Post by shasta59 » 2015-10-26 00:00

Yes, goDaddy does delay emails from applications which send out auto replies etc. I have seen this multiple times and there is no real way around it. Wait, there is. Drop goDaddy and host elsewhere. They say they do it to insure you are not sending spam, being hijacked, taken over and many other reasons. The only big pain of this is if you wish to get an email sent faster you have to switch to another provider.

If you switch make sure you ask the potential new provider about this before signing up. My provider does not do this but does do other checking which does not slow the message down. The other issue with GoDaddy is their size. Some of the delay is also due to the huge volume of emails all the sites they host send out.

As what I, and some of my customers, are using AppGini generated apps for a slow email send would kill the functionality of the online app.

You can try talking to GoDaddy but it may not resolve the situation. I think the better solution is to search for a provider which can ensure you they will not slow the send down.
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Re: Email notification

Post by Maghiyose » 2016-02-22 16:18

Hello, I need your help.

I'm sorry if this is not a proper way to ask.

I wanna to know if it's possible to do alerts.
I want to create a date column that will turn red or notify the user when it's due.

For instant if I add a DueDate of 04 June 2016 then it should notify the user or make any effect that will be noticeable.

Is it possible? If so, how.

Thanks in advance.

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Re: Email notification

Post by shasta59 » 2016-02-28 17:39

What version of AppGini are you using?
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Re: Email notification

Post by jinxy45 » 2016-04-08 20:41

I've had the same problem with delayed emails. Have changed hosting provider twice with little improvement. Tech support at my current host suggested using SMTP rather than php's mail function. I signed up for a free account with an Email Service Provider for transactional emails. changed the hooks file to use the new account details, and now every email message generated by the database is delivered within 5 seconds !! Should have done this ages ago.

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Re: Email notification

Post by AhmedBR » 2016-04-08 23:05

I use Hostmonster (more than 12 years now) and get the email right away, no delays!

They have one limit (X emails per hour to protect against spam), BUT if you need more you just ask them to increase your limit.
Normal limit is 150 emails per hour for normal hosting (Power Plans etc. have higher limit or if you ask for a higher limit justified)
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Re: Email notification

Post by thetoolwiz » 2016-05-03 05:18

The solution is to use a 3rd-party SMTP host, like SendGrid (free for 12,000 emails per month).

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