First Sensor - Goo::Sensor::MailFolder

I'm spending two hours a day implementing the next part of The Goo: perceptrons and actitrons.

I've decided on the layout of the interface and remarkably it works in the "links" console-based browser - no AJAX here!

Today I wrote my first "sensor" that captures perceptrons from email folders. Implementation options included:

• scraping user email in webmin
• fetchmail handler
• .procmail forwarding

But each of these introduce another prerequisite and configuration complexity. CPAN came to the rescue with two handy modules: Mail::Box and Schedule::Cron.

Currently a sensor POSTS perceptrons to a Goo::Server where they are recorded in a database. Each Goo::Sensor has a scan() method for searching its environment.

The next sensors to come are: tasks, chat and RSS...

I'll post a screen shot soon!