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# 1  
Old 06-19-2005
Processing inbound mail
Hi All

Has anyone written any script that would listen for inbound mail and based on its subject process the body ?

Thx

J
# 2  
Old 06-19-2005
look into 'procmail'
# 3  
Old 06-21-2005
I use fetchmail with procmail on my workstation.

In your .fetchmailrc you can direct incoming mail
to procmail.

man fetchmail

man procmail
# 4  
Old 06-22-2005
Quote:
Originally Posted by photon
man fetchmail

man procmail
I cant find both of these on my systems. I am using AIX 5.2, Any ideas as to where to find them or get them. Thanks.
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