That is the exact process. CFPOP is the tool to use to check the email box. It will let you do most things any normal email client would do such as get headers only, save attachments, delete emails etc. Have a schedule task run the code once every n minutes.
Wil Genovese Sr. Web Application Developer/ Systems Administrator CF Webtools www.cfwebtools.com wilg...@trunkful.com www.trunkful.com On Jul 27, 2011, at 11:27 AM, Shannon Rhodes wrote: > > I was asked today if there's a way to use ColdFusion to basically email a > document to an application rather than users having to save attachments to > their systems and then upload to a CF application from there. > > So you'd email a file from, say, Outlook, with an identifying number in the > subject line, and then automatically upload the attachment and otherwise run > business logic to associate the file to the correct ID in the application > (authenticating based on user's email address). It's easy enough to use CF > to upload a file and run business logic, but I'm stuck on the idea of how > it's going to parse out this information in the first place. I'm guessing > you'd set up an email account to receive such files, then run a task to > periodically comb through this account's inbox and somehow "read" the subject > lines, from addresses, point to the attachment for upload, then archive the > message. Anyone done anything like this or have any idea how you'd approach > it? Thanks. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:346362 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
