Email Script

[adam84]

Hello,

 

I have an email account on my server. When someone sends me an email, I was to create a script that would process the data that was in the email. Does anyone know what I need to do or if that can be done?

[trq]

Of course it can be done. You'll more than likely want to write a script that checks your ~/.mailbox directory for new mail, then (depending on what exactly you mean by process) do whatever needs to be done when it finds one.

 

You'll likely want to run the script via a cronjob every few minutes.

[adam84]

Awesome!!!! Thanks

[TheFilmGod]

Of course it can be done. You'll more than likely want to write a script that checks your ~/.mailbox directory for new mail, then (depending on what exactly you mean by process) do whatever needs to be done when it finds one.

 

You'll likely want to run the script via a cronjob every few minutes.

 

Agreed, but adding on to that...  you should also have the script check the mailbox when you log in to view your email. - Just in case an email came in a few seconds ago and the script wasn't activated yet...