Re: email chess
* Russell L. Harris <rlharris@xxxxxxxxxx> [20080906 07:43]:
> Years ago, running Window$, I used an application which automated the
> process of playing chess via email. I don't remember the details, but
> an email with a chess game file (.pgn ?) would launch an application
> similar to xboard, and the chess application would create a game file
> (.pgn ?) for mailing. The automation did away with almost all of the
> hassle.
>
> Is there a Linux package (or perhaps an extension to mutt) which
> facilitates playing chess via email?
http://linux.about.com/library/cmd/blcmdl6_cmail.htm seems to match
what you want to do. Comes with the xboard package according to the
page.
http://www.develia.org/documents.php?l=2&f=3&p=chessonlinux should
also give you something to read.
IIRC, when I tried to do this a couple years back, I ended up with
cmail and xboard as the docs in the package was enough to get me going
relatively easy.
>
> Alternatively, is there a good HOWTO on email chess?
>
> RLH
>
HTH,
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Anders Karlsson <anders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
All-Round Linux Tinkerer & RHCE