Script To Execute command via mail

[Greg Larkin]

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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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