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On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Wil Genovese <jugg...@trunkful.com> wrote: > > 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:346363 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
