> 1)  Reject mailings from all but a few users/addresses  (Prevent
> anyone from sending a bogus mail)

A job for POSTERS.LST. Recommend password-protection as well.

> 2)  Forward the mail to the iMail List that we currently send out 
> through

Sure.

> 3)  Copy the attachment to a specific folder on the server

This   is  the  hard  one.  Imail  doesn't  expose  any  MIME-decoding
functionality  to  the  user.  Because  of this, your easiest bet will
probably  be  to  use  a  POP3 component (try www.serverobjects.com to
start; it's said that theirs does this) that polls the primary mailbox
periodically,  then  uses  component methods to strip attachments into
the  file  system.  Once you get a good return code from this, you can
forward  the  text  body of the e-mail to the list (using the security
measures  outlined  above)  and send a message back to the originator.
You should require the drop box to have the same subject-line password
as the list, so you can just check for it and forward the subject line
intact.

Note  that a little VBScript can do all of this. You don't need to use
a full-fledged programming language or anything.

> 4)  Return a confirmation that the process has completed

Once  you  get  (3)  working,  just  running IMAIL1 back to the sender
wouldn't be difficult.

Sandy


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