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Re: [ECS] Commands by email Scott Danks Mon, 25 Sep 2000 09:24:27 -0500

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 Mon, 25 Sep 2000 09:24:27 -0500
Hi A.J.  

Yes I thought of this.  Especially with the new two way pagers that can send and receive
email.  I was thinking that you could enclose a code number and the command, then when
received, it could be processed by the file item and read through and check the different
items in the email message.  Then you could send back an email to the pager and you
would have a control console in you hands.  I saw that there is a new two way pager
that Motorola is making that is only about $99.  (Saw it advertised at office depot).
 Maybe if I get some money someday. . . . 
I also was thinking that you could build the code number as a function of the current
date and time.  This would have a code number change every minute for security.  It
would have to be something that you could calculate in you head and only you would know
the formula.  Then you could check for a window of +-1 minute + allowing for the time
it takes to get an email through.  Anyway, just a thought.  There is a company that
makes a product called secureid.  They use the little credit card calculator technology
to display a number that is added on to you password, and it changes every minute. 
Kind of expensive to buy, but easy to use the idea with a palm pilot etc.  OR you could
have a line that is the current time and a code that matches it, somehow and then it
doesnt matter when the email gets there. 

>>> "A.J. Griglak" <aj@griglak.com> 09/22 4:06 PM >>>
Has anyone implemented or thought about sending commands to ECS via email?
Just looking for some concepts, standards, and ideas on how to do this...

-=A.J.

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