OT: Downloading file by sending email

[Eduardo Morras]

At 06:30 30/01/2008, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>An off-topic question.
>
>I run FreeBSD 6.2/i386 with Postfix and Maildrop (for filtering and delivery).
>
>I want to setup a service such that sending a 
>mail to say "someaddress at mydomain" with a list 
>of links per line results in my machine 
>downloading the files at these links replying with all these files attached.
>
>Is there any port which provides a functionality 
>like this? Or is it possible to put together 
>such a setup in place? I tried a Google search 
>but didn't manage to frame this question concisely enough to get hits ...
>
>Also, many many years ago I remember using 
>similar services on the Internet. I can't for 
>the life of me remember their names now. Any one 
>here recollects/ has used such services?
>
>Thanks, Rakhesh

There is an email2cvs in ports, don't know the 
exact name, but i allows you to do cvs commits, 
updates, etc  via mail; perhaps it can help you

For security, add in the mail with the file 
request a login/password. Check the From (only 
tyour email account) and the l/p.

Also there is a gnu.org project for a p2p using mail.

HTH

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