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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 OPENSOLARIS

mail

mail(1B)					     SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands						  mail(1B)

NAME

       mail, Mail - interactive message processing system

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/ucb/mail ...

       /usr/ucb/Mail ...

DESCRIPTION

       /usr/ucb/mail and /usr/ucb/Mail are provided as links to /usr/bin/mailx. See mailx(1) for more information on the usage of these commands.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

   /usr/ucb/mail
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWscpu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

   /usr/ucb/Mail
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWscpu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       mailx(1),attributes(5)

SunOS 5.11							    19 Aug 1998 							  mail(1B)
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