Hmmmm Is there a way I could set up the script so that it would check for mail every x amount of minutes?
-----Original Message----- From: John W. Krahn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 5:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Email Processing Paul Kraus wrote: > > I want to write a script that takes its parameters from an email. Now > here is the tricky part the mail is not on the server its after it has > been received via pop. > > Example. > Someone sends an email that is supposed to trigger the creation of a > price list. Mail comes in to mail server (we do not own and it is not > on site). Mail is then received on a windows xp machine running > outlook xp. I want outlook to run a perl script for this mail message. > I want the script to parse the email and extract the command are > parameter that is going to be used in the script. > > Is this even possible? If so how do I do it. I can do the actual > programming but how do I get it to automatically process the mail. I don't use Outlook or any MS products but you could use Net::POP3 to get the emails directly from the server and process them. John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
