you might want to look at the email2trac plugin for the Trac product. It parses emails into a database. I suspect it is written in python so you might be able to form your own python script based on that script.
Thomas ==================================================== Support Request http://portal.support.appstate.edu ==================================================== Thomas McMillan Grant Bennett Appalachian State University Operations & Systems Analyst P O Box 32026 University Library Boone, North Carolina 28608 (828) 262 6587 Library Systems http://www.library.appstate.edu ==================================================== Confidentiality Notice: This communication constitutes an electronic communication within the meaning of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. Section 2510, and its disclosure is strictly limited to the recipient intended by the sender of this message. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of any of the information contained in or attached to this transmission is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Please contact this office immediately by return e-mail or at 828-262-6587, and destroy the original transmission and its attachment(s), if any, if you are not the intended recipient. On Oct 17, 2012, at 3:58 PM, Nate Hill wrote: > thank you all for this information. was away from email for the day and > came back to find all the help! yes! > N > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Eric Lease Morgan <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> The traditional Unix tool for this job is procmail[1]. >> >> procmail++ That cool little email filter thing was the core of my Mr. >> Serials Process "way back" in 1994 or so. And it still works great! The >> syntax of its recipes is a bit obtuse, but still… --ELM >> > > > > -- > Nate Hill > [email protected] > http://4thfloor.chattlibrary.org/ > http://www.natehill.net
