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RemindMe v3.0 beta is a simple program that lets users sign up to receive
auto-reminders by email about a date they choose at a designated interval
before that date. Users can select whether to be reminded only once, daily,
weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, bi-monthly, quarterly, semi-anually, or every year,
and whether to be reminded any number of days in advance of that date, from
one day to one year. Users may also select an option to view, edit, or delete
any pending reminders.
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Working version of the user interface is online for you to try
out. NOTE: this is a demo of the interfaces only. The reminders file
gets cleared out periodically, so don't expect to get sent reminders
from this demo. To prevent abuse, I have set it up for "opt in" only,
so you won't be able to set up reminders unless you enter your real email
address and respond to the confirmation message.
With the admin interface, you can change your password or modify
the footer text that is sent out with each reminder. In the demo version of the admin interface, I have removed the
ability to permanently change the password or the footer, but the program
will operate as usual without actually making the changes. Use the
password "password" to try it out.
Commercial applications of this program may be more likely than
educational; nonetheless the program can also be used by students
and teachers to remind them of assignment due dates, final exams,
special events, or even gift giving occasions.
I seem to get a lot of requests for help with this script, but I don't have many URL's of people using it. Here are a few I've found. If you've got it up and running, please let me know!
OverNiteRoses.com Reminder Service
Le calendrier de NetPOP
(en Francais)
WorldWide Plus Free Email Reminder Service
Diversified Marketing Associates
You must be able to execute cgi programs on your web server. If you're not sure whether you have permission to do this, or are not sure how to configure the files, please ask the people who provide technical support for your website. If you wish to use the automatic sending function with "cron," you must have permission to set up "cron jobs" so that you can set the reminder service to go off automatically every day. Please ask your systems administrator if you're not sure if you have access to "cron," the common scheduler for Unix. If your web server is NT, you will probably have to have your technical support people set up an "at" job.
The following files are required. You may download the package in a gzipped tar file. NOTE: if you have Netscape or Internet Explorer, and you want to download this, try holding down the "shift" key while you click on the link. This should give you the option to download the file.
Type "gunzip cgisubscribe.tar.gz" then type "tar -xvf cgisubscribe.tar" to
uncompress and expand the package, or get the plugin for Netscape from
the main Scripts for Educators page. The
following files should be included except for sendmail: (Please
ask your system administrator if you have sendmail available):