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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Problem with mail Post 2633 by Neo on Friday 25th of May 2001 11:22:06 AM
Old 05-25-2001
This can be done in many ways without writing a program because the programs to receive mail and call actions based on mail receipt exist. Examples include:

(1) The <B>.forward</B> file for users can be used to call programs when mail arrives.

(2) Mail handleing programs such as <B>procmail</B> can perform very sophisticated mail filtering and triggering actions.

(3) <B>sendmail</B> and other mail deamons can be modified to do as you desire. Other mailers have builtins as well.

I recommend either (1) or (2) for the beginner. (1) is the easiest. Normally, helps to start simple and small and move to more complex as your knowledge base increases.

In a nutshell, you don't have to write a program to manange and trigger on mail, that is done; you can install, configure and concentrate on your end user task based on the trigger or message.


 

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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN

sendmailconfig

SENDMAILCONFIG(8)					      System Manager's Manual						 SENDMAILCONFIG(8)

NAME

       sendmailconfig - configure sendmail for Debian systems

SYNOPSIS

       sendmailconfig [--no-reload]

DESCRIPTION

       sendmailconfig is used to simplify the configuration of sendmail(8) for use on Debian systems.

       In  the	simplest  case,  you  may  run	this program to (re)configure sendmail for your Debian system at any time. It will modify the file
       /etc/mail/sendmail.mc in order to create a working sendmail configuration which will be written to the file /etc/mail/sendmail.cf.

       For advanced configurations, you can modify the sendmail.mc file before generating sendmail.cf. Future invokations of  sendmailconfig  will
       preserve these changes provided they are made at the end of the file.

       Normally  sendmailconfig  will  ask  if	you want to reload sendmail after making changes to its configuration. The --no-reload option will
       avoid this question.

FILES

       /etc/mail/sendmail.mc
	      sendmail m4 input to generate sendmail.cf

       /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
	      actual sendmail configuration file

       /etc/mail/sendmail.cw
	      names for which we will accept mail in the standard configuration

       /etc/mail/sendmail.ct
	      names of trusted users in the standard configuration

SEE ALSO

       sendmail(8)

AUTHOR

       Robert Leslie <rob@mars.org>

								    21-Jan-1997 						 SENDMAILCONFIG(8)
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