Script To Execute command via mail

[Marcel Grandemange]

Yes the Server I want to do this on Is a FreeBSD 7.0 box, however cannot use
procmail as all mboxes are virtual.
Ie not real accounts all exist only on mysql, and since I changed from a
normall stock setup to using mysql procmail no longer will work.
All boxes are in form of user at domain.com


I really miss procmail!

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[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Greg Larkin
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 3:03 PM
To: Marcel Grandemange
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Subject: Re: Script To Execute command via mail

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Marcel Grandemange wrote:
> I have an interesting situation.
> 
> I have a windows based sms server, this machine works in the following
way.
> 
> It watches a shared directory for txt files that must be formatted in
> certain way and periodically sends them off to mobile.
> 
> What I want to do is create a SMTP to SMS gateway.
> 
> Easy in theory!
> 
> Rite a script to map shared drive, ensure it's connected and write the txt
> files in dir.
> 
> However the second part I have no idea, somehow I need to watch the mbox
> file of say a e-mail account called "test"
> 
> And IF a mail arrives parse it look for a security key if exists convert
to
> txt file and copy to shared dir.
> 

Hi Marcel,

Do you have a FreeBSD machine in the mix somewhere?  If so, this sounds
 like a job for procmail: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procmail

Using procmail, you can create a script to process incoming emails and
process/reformat them as you see fit.

Best regards,
Greg
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