Hey guys,
I don't have an issue right now but I am starting a trading website similar to eBay and I cannot get my head around one thing. How do you code so that emails are sent out automatically without any user input/events.
Like when an eBay auction ends, you the seller would receive an email telling you that it ended. Or if say you have a yearly subscription to something and it's about to end, an email would be sent out telling you that the subscription is about to end.
These emails are sent out automatically, but I don't know how they work. Is it scripts on the server somewhere or in the database?
Please let me know.
Thanks