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[Mirko]

Hi,

I just wanted to express my satisfaction with the image-functionality build into MC9.
It's simply amazing how many possibilities I have to categorize and view my images. You definitly have to advertise these functions more, so that people realize they are there and _very_ good. Better than anything I have found so far.

Very well done people, thanks very much.

Mirko

P.S. If you want some ideas for improving the image-things: Image searching by picture - not words ("Ähnlichkeitssuche").

[JimH]

Thanks very much, Mirko.

Search by image is a nice idea.

[JimH]

Now for something completely different.

Here's a new page.  It's a little understated but use your imagination.

http://www.jriver.com/phlog/

Now try this:

Select up to 5 photos (no more, please) and right click on them.

Now choose "send to" and "e-mail recipient".

Important! -- resize them to "custom" 320x240.  Bigger images will be deleted from our server.

Enter this address, substituting your login name here for [username].

phlog-[username]@jriver.com

If you have a cell phone with a camera, you can also do it from your cell phone.

Then revisit the page at the top of this message.

[Mirko]

If this is working the following way it will be a usefull feature for me: MC gets eMail from a specific account and automatically imports the picture from that email.

Wow - so I can send my picture from vacation (mobile phone camera) to MC :-)

Mirko

P.S. Even if it does not work that way, nice idea.

[sraymond]

Uploading photos by e-mail instead of FTP...  pretty cool.  What proggy does this?  Nothing to do with MC, I take it.

Scott-

[John Gateley]

Bob and I wrote it.

I improved the page generation so that it is sorted by date.

Anyone else (besides me) using a cell phone to do this?

j

[JimH]

If this is working the following way it will be a usefull feature for me: MC gets eMail from a specific account and automatically imports the picture from that email.

You're correct.  That's what it does.
[edit: It's our server that receives the e-mail and processes it, not MC.]

[sraymond]

Hold on...  the image is *automatically* IMPORTED into MC?  

Next I'll learn that the the webpage is generated *automatically* by...  MC?

Scott-

P.S.  If these two questions are answered in the affirmative, this my smile just may break my face.

[nila]

Would MC be checking our incoming e-mails and then automatically insert any e-mails it found with a specific subject line and strip the pictures out of them and insert them into MC?

I presume it'd have to be the subject rather than e-mail address as most people only have one e-mail account not catch all addresses.

[JimH]

Hold on...  the image is *automatically* IMPORTED into MC?  

Next I'll learn that the the webpage is generated *automatically* by...  MC?

Not quite.

Our web server, running UNIX, is building the web page automatically.  It's built from the images that have been stripped from e-mail to a phlog... e-mail account.

We could add this to MC, but it would be tricky because you don't want spam images imported.

[John Gateley]

the subject of the e-mail is now used as a caption

j

[Mirko]

Hä?

You just told me, that "that's exactly what it does" - but if MC doesn't import images from an email-adress, how does it do exactly that?

Man - maybe it's too late :-)

Mirko

[JimH]

From beginning to end:

1.  User sends e-mail with jpg attached from cell phone or PC to phlog[something]@jriver.com .

2.  Mail is received by phlog "daemon" and processed to extract the jpg

3.  jpg file is added to web page under section called [something]

Simple?

[Mirko]

Yes simple.

Then I would like to suggest a feature for MC: Grab pictures from a special account automatically adding it to the database.

*and gone*  

Mirko

[JimH]

Any more pictures?  Any cell phones with cameras?  Any news to share?

[Mirko]

Any more pictures?  Any cell phones with cameras?  Any news to share?

Yes. Just send a picture done with the shap gx20 - okay, you can easily see that my monitor needs an update.

Mirko

[sraymond]

Hey, guys...  I'm going to try and deep-fry a turkey today.  If it works out, I'll e-mail a picture.  If you don't see it by 4:00pm PST, please call the fire department and send them to my house - it's probably burning down from the oil fire.

Scott-

[KingSparta]

I'm going to try and deep-fry a turkey today.

Don't do it in or near the house

[Cmagic]

Nice,

Just uploaded some pics and understood that the mail subject appears under the picture.

C.

[John Gateley]

Scott - still alive? Should we be calling the fire department?

CMagic - I fixed the long subjects in your pictures. If you want to, send me an e-mail or an interact message with the subjects you want, and I'll add them in.

The rest of y'all: where's the pics? My phone's being fussy. I'm on a trial "all you can send" program, and I think they got tired of me sending a lot. I'm getting communication errors.

j

[MachineHead]

Hey, guys...  I'm going to try and deep-fry a turkey today.  If it works out, I'll e-mail a picture.  If you don't see it by 4:00pm PST, please call the fire department and send them to my house - it's probably burning down from the oil fire.

Scott-

Just keep a box of baking soda (and beer-for sanity reasons) handy. All should be well for you then.

[sraymond]

http://www.jriver.com/phlog/sraymond/index.html

It worked quite well...  I had a problem with too much oil - I had to remove about two liters - but it tasted great!

Scott-

[Cmagic]

Hi,

CMagic - I fixed the long subjects in your pictures. If you want to, send me an e-mail or an interact message with the subjects you want, and I'll add them in.

Thanks a lot John !

Christian