Dear all,

I am looking for a solution to perform specific tasks based on email
received. So, when emails of specific Send-to address arrives to my mail
server, I would like to kick off certain scripts. Can anyone tell me how to
do that?

Thanks alot in advance for all your suggestion.

Regards,
Pete

On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 02:53:13AM -0700, Pete Kay wrote:
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> I am looking for a solution to perform specific tasks based on email received.
> So, when emails of specific Send-to address arrives to my mail server, I would
> like to kick off certain scripts. Can anyone tell me how to do that?
>
> Thanks alot in advance for all your suggestion.
>
> Regards,
> Pete
procmail comes to mind. It can redirect mail, forward mail, run scripts,
and feed the cat!
-K
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On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 02:53:13AM -0700, Pete Kay wrote:
> I am looking for a solution to perform specific tasks based on email
> received. So, when emails of specific Send-to address arrives to my mail
> server, I would like to kick off certain scripts. Can anyone tell me how to
> do that?
>
> Thanks alot in advance for all your suggestion.

If you're running Exim, it has a full-featured filter toolset built-in.
For example, ~/.forward isn't just for forwarding. See the full exim
spec and documentation.

Doug.


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On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 08:18:17 -0400
Kevin Mark <kevin.mark@verizon.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 02:53:13AM -0700, Pete Kay wrote:
> >
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I am looking for a solution to perform specific tasks based on email received.
> > So, when emails of specific Send-to address arrives to my mail server, I would
> > like to kick off certain scripts. Can anyone tell me how to do that?
> >
> > Thanks alot in advance for all your suggestion.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Pete
> procmail comes to mind. It can redirect mail, forward mail, run scripts,
> and feed the cat!

And see also maildrop.

> -K

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