Web app to send out email reminders?

Stephen_B

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Jul 3, 2008, 4:23:30 PM7/3/08

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Can anyone recommend a web app that can send out reminders for tasks?
I'd like to get one running on my linux server.

I have no trouble finding software to remind me of events (with a
duration), but lots of trouble finding software to remind me of a task
at a given time. Thanks.

Stephen

David Wiley

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Jul 3, 2008, 6:18:03 PM7/3/08

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Google Calendar.

Stephen_B

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Jul 3, 2008, 6:26:15 PM7/3/08

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Is it possible to add a task to google calendar? I really don't want
items like "take out the trash" or "take your supplements" cluttering
up my calendar.

Evan Edwards

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Jul 3, 2008, 6:28:50 PM7/3/08

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For the commandline users out there...

I use sendxmpp to send me messages (in fact, I have a little wrapper
script "msg" that sends it to me). It's on all my systems, and just sends me
a Jabber message (Google Chat, for instance).

And of course, there are a zillion ways to schedule events, from crontab
to at to simply using sleep. For instance:

echo msg Go pick up Sarah | at 17:00

sleep 4h ; msg "It's been four hours -- have you done the dishes?"

...and of course the ultra flexability of a modern crontab for periodic
tasks. It just pops up as a instant message. You can also run it on inbound
emails (depending on your email program), or just as an alert that something
has finished.

dosomething ; msg Something is done.

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Evan "JabberWokky" Edwards
http://www.cheshirehall.org/
615.686.9538

db

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Jul 4, 2008, 1:46:49 PM7/4/08

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The just hide a calendar with things you don't need to have
cluttering.

Richard Watson

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Jul 5, 2008, 8:24:05 AM7/5/08

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There are quite a few web solutions that should mail your actions to
you. www.rememberthemilk.com seems to have a great following.

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Cheers,
Richard
http://www.tudumo.com/

TjL

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Jul 6, 2008, 2:44:37 AM7/6/08

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On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Stephen_B <ste...@theboulets.net> wrote:
>
> Can anyone recommend a web app that can send out reminders for tasks?
> I'd like to get one running on my linux server.

It sounds like you want to run your own, in which case I don't have
any solution.

However, I've been using www.iWantSandy.com for quite awhile and like
it very much and it is free (and has been reliable for me).