I was wondering if it would be possible to make a program that adds mass contacts to your list across many accounts and can send them mass messages for a site such as http://forums.d2jsp.org/. it is a gaming forum. is this possible kind of like a friend adder for myspace? or is there any other way to mass message the members of the forum? thanks!
It's possible to write this in most programming languages. Though, the reason they don't allow mass messaging is for spam-related reasons, so I'm not going to explain a proof-of-concept model.
isnt this the same concept as a freind adder for myspace or follower adder and messenger for twitter? its legal isnt it? well if theres anybody else with knowledge on the subject please shine some light on it. thanks!
Oh, you meant that. Hopefully I have the right idea for what you want now: Creating a script (I'll go with PHP because I'm familiar with it): The idea is you have your PHP page that uses IMAP to authenticate with the gmail server. The person inputs their valid gmail credentials. The PHP file will authenticate with the gmail server via IMAP and retrieve the contacts via an "IMAP search". Then, you parse through the emails into the format you need and you now have their contact list. I'm going to guess that most email services are like this, so you would need to setup a switch or similar to adjust for the cases. Some examples/tutorials: (PHP) http://davidwalsh.name/gmail-php-imap (ASP) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491105.aspx The Microsoft link for above seems to authenticate via a URL then retrieves an XML feed.
interesting. well im talking about sending "instant" messages to people across a forum. in effect gathering their user names and possibly messaging all of them, probably from different user accounts, ips, and proxys. this is just how i found alot of the auto posters and friend adders for like myspace and craigslist were set up. i dont know if the same method would apply to forums. but what you said sounded interesting although pretty foreign to me. i dont know if that is the same as what i had in mind or not. im on the design end of things, not programming. thanks!
Yeah, I had the right idea the first time. It's possible to make, though I'm not going to be the one that says how because I don't believe in mass messaging/emailing or randomly befriending people.
thats cool its not everyones thing. but anybody else have any idea on how to make a program like this and possibly how much i should be willing to pay for them to make it?