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StackMail is an email-based web service for the StackExchange sites. The concept is simple: send an email to stackmail@quickmediasolutions.com with one of the commands as the subject line - and presto! You will receive a reply with the results.

If you just want a demonstration, (and I'm sure you do) send the following as the subject line:

help

...and you will receive a reply with the list of commands and what they do. Some more ideas:

stats meta
user 18 stackapps
questions serverfault

Eventually, as more methods are added, you will be able to search for questions, users, etc.


License

Closed-source.

Download

N/A

Platform

Any email client that can send and receive text-based email.

Contact

I can be reached at admin@quickmediasolutions.com

Code

Yet another application that uses my stack.PHP wrapper.

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Very nice; however, I don't imagine I will be using StackMail a lot unless I'm in a situation where I can only use email... – Maxim Zaslavsky Jun 26 '10 at 4:22
Also, are all of those examples supposed to be sent through the subject line? Furthermore, what happens if I include something in the message body? – Maxim Zaslavsky Jun 26 '10 at 4:26
@Maxim: Yes, all examples go into the subject line. The body of the message is ignored. As for using this, my idea is that it would be great for someone who only has access to a cellphone / smartphone and wants something quick. On some networks, this can even be done through text messaging. – Nathan Osman♦ Jun 26 '10 at 5:44
sup @George - got just one question: can this be used for instant and/or automated email notifications? using e-mail as a request basis is completely against all reasons I wanted to use e-mails at first! :o – Cawas Sep 22 '10 at 20:08
@Cawas: Unfortunately not right now. If this feature is deemed important, I might consider adding it. – Nathan Osman♦ Sep 22 '10 at 20:20
to me it's fundamental. I still find it almost unconceivable that so many educated people overlook e-mail this much. – Cawas Sep 22 '10 at 20:31
@Cawas: Fair enough. I'll see what I can do. Bear in mind that this service, when I create it, will be limited in the amount of email it sends / receives. After all, I don't want my domain put on a blacklist for bulk emailing. – Nathan Osman♦ Sep 22 '10 at 20:56
George, that sounds fantastic! to me that service don't need to receive anything but that wouldn't help on the blacklisting issue at all. – Cawas Sep 22 '10 at 21:11
@Cawas: It will take a bit of work to get this working for a large number of people, but it would be great if you would be willing to test it. Please send me an email at admin@quickmediasolutions.com and I'll try to get back to you within a day or two. – Nathan Osman♦ Sep 24 '10 at 6:31
@George done deal. ;) – Cawas Sep 24 '10 at 11:58
@Cawas: You should receive an email within an hour or so. It's not complete yet, but it will give you an idea of how it will look. – Nathan Osman♦ Sep 24 '10 at 20:32
@George it looks pretty good. Hope the final version comes soon! :) I have also tried google's feedburner or something, but not only takes a while to configure - I still haven't received any emails other than confirming I was registered to receive them. – Cawas Sep 24 '10 at 21:14
@Cawas: Okay. I've finished most of it now. You can find it here: quickmediasolutions.com/stackmail After registering, select the 'Recent Comments' feed, fill in the details, and click 'Subscribe'. – Nathan Osman♦ Sep 28 '10 at 2:26
I'd like to say just "hey that's amazing!" because it truly is to me. I couldn't ever code it that fast! But... The last digest I've got in Sep 25 comes with too much info and I can't find most of those comments unless I search individually for each. Do you think it would be too hard to add a link to them? :P – Cawas Sep 28 '10 at 13:07
@Cawas: I certainly could. And the reason I created it so fast was because I used CakePHP. – Nathan Osman♦ Sep 28 '10 at 16:33
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