Hello, I am interested in writing a Perl application that will read emails sent from an email pager to a specific address, do web (http) actions based on the request in the email, and then email back the response(s). An example might be a stock quote lookup, a weather forecast, or any other current information available on the web.
I am already successfully using the HTTP and FTP modules in Perl, so that is not where I need help. The email is the problem. I am running all this on a Win98 box. Do I have to run a separate email server on this machine to be able to setup this capability I want, or can I do it with simply Perl and one or more modules? I experimented with the SMTP module but couldn't figure out how to receive and send with it. I also experimented by downloading and installing a free mail server program (SmartMail, or something like that) but couldn't get it to work (even after opening my router and firewall to incoming email port 25 requests). So, has anybody done anything like what I want to do? Thanks! Ken _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Web mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
