thanks for both answers - much appreciated. it appears that the client would like the attachments processed - so i assume the attachments are stored in the maildir somewhere from where i could pick them up.
i will send my self some emails with attachments to see where they end up. thanks again for your help, kev bailey On Tuesday 24 February 2004 11:56 am, Thomas von Hassel wrote: > You could also pipe them to a script or app like this using aliases: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: |/path/to/script > > /thomas > > On 24/2-2004, at 12.20, Bill Taroli wrote: > > Well, ignoring the substance of the processing you want to do on the > > message(s), the most important aspect would seem to be how to find the > > messages to process, yes? Well, if you're using Maildirs, it's > > extremely easy. Assuming that you were sending these messages to a > > specific mailbox, you would simply have your jobs look at the base > > Maildir (say $HOME/Maildir for the simple case where the mailbox is > > owned by a real user) in the "new" and/or "cur" subdirectory. If you > > didn't also have a POP, IMAP, or web-based client accessing the > > mailbox, then presumptively all the interesting messages would be in > > "new". And since each email is a separate file by definition... well, > > the rest seems pretty darn simple. > > > > Complications could arise if you were adding some of the virtual > > features for mailbox references... but the basic structure of the > > Maildir (once found) is completely the same. > > > > Kevin Bailey wrote: > >> can't think where to start with this one..... > >> > >> i have a requirement to automatically process emails received to a > >> particular address - there may be an attachment or it may be that the > >> email is formatted in a particular way. > >> > >> in processing the email some info is extracted and put into a > >> database. > >> > >> could someone point me at any clues/docs on how this may be acheived, > >> > >> thanks, > >> > >> kev bailey > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------- > >> SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. > >> Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with > >> a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! > >> http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click > >> _______________________________________________ > >> courier-users mailing list > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Unsubscribe: > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. > > Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with > > a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! > > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click > > _______________________________________________ > > courier-users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
