On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Frank Cox <theatre at sasktel.net> wrote: > On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 10:24:26 +0200 > Rudi Ahlers wrote: > >> So I was basically looking for something, which works in the same way >> as Google Notify (let's use a different example) which logs onto a >> server, queries the DB for info and displays it to the user. > > Most of us call a program that does that a web browser. > > People don't check your website for information; what makes you think they will > run a completely different program (that they won't ever need for anything else) > to check a different "website" for information? > > I just (about two weeks ago) wrote my own little email list manager-database > program (in C/ncurses because it's really the only thing that I know how to use > "well") because I'm changing the way that I book my movies and want to give my > customers an easy "push" way to receive updates on what's playing and when. So > far the email list seems to be working and it's very popular with the people I > want to reach with the information. They don't have to remember to check my > website and every week they get a "reminder" that the theatre exists. > > Perhaps something like that is what you want. Just gather everyone's email > address and send out a mass email to everyone when you have something to say. > With a sufficiently small number of customers, you could even manage it > through your regular mail client and avoid having to write or install any > program at all. > > -- > MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ www.melvilletheatre.com > www.creekfm.com - FIFTY THOUSAND WATTS of POW WOW POWER! > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Thanx, don't worry about it. -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers SoftDux Website: http://www.SoftDux.com Technical Blog: http://Blog.SoftDux.com Office: 087 805 9573 Cell: 082 554 7532