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use email subject line as shell command
Post 61232 by Neo on Monday 31st of January 2005 11:23:24 PM
02-01-2005
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Originally Posted by mskarica
I want to use the text in the subject field to invoke a shell script, so basically I need to find a way that I can automatically forward the subject line to the unix command prompt. Any ideas??
My other problem is that these emails will have attachments. I want these attachments to be saved to the home directory (or any other directory) automatically when the email is received.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
My other problem is that these emails will have attachments. I want these attachments to be saved to the home directory (or any other directory) automatically when the email is received.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
www.procmail.org
That is what I use for all these types of solutions. After you get familar with procmail, you can do many things you would never dream of using mail as an input to a filter
Neo
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