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Network file shares?

Started by Strahan, 28 August 2012 - 11:00 PM
Strahan #1
Posted 29 August 2012 - 01:00 AM
Is there a way to mount remote terminal hard drives? I wrote an email app but I was afraid to try to do the MTA on the actual CC computer since I wasn't sure what'd happen if the server was busy receiving a transmission and like 5 other people sent emails simultaneously. I wrote an external C# app to act as MTA. Works great, but I was just thinking I could go back to native CC if there was a way to do a file copy from a remote PC.

I could do an app that listens on the target PCs for the server to come inbound, but I dont want something that ties the PC up in a wait state.
immibis #2
Posted 29 August 2012 - 02:35 PM
How slow is this email system?

No, you can't mount remote terminal hard drives.

Also, remember wireless messages can be arbitrarily long with arbitrary data and send instantly, so you can send the entire email in one message and have the server process it immediately.
Lyqyd #3
Posted 29 August 2012 - 03:45 PM
Yes, you can mount remote drives (or a specific folder on the remote drive), but there are very few implementations currently published. I have a working implementation that is dependent on LyqydNet.