From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 31 09:09:28 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AEF616A474 for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:09:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emorras@s21sec.com) Received: from s21sec.com (mail.s21sec.com [212.31.206.70]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A4B513C4DB for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:09:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emorras@s21sec.com) Received: from inv-008.s21sec.com (unknown [83.175.204.210]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by s21sec.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC97BBAE2E; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:28:30 +0100 (CET) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:39:47 +0100 To: Rakhesh Sasidharan From: Eduardo Morras In-Reply-To: <20080130092413.K4947@obelix.home.rakhesh.com> References: <20080130092413.K4947@obelix.home.rakhesh.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <20080131082830.CC97BBAE2E@s21sec.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: Downloading file by sending email X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:09:28 -0000 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=20 >mail to say "someaddress@mydomain" with a list=20 >of links per line results in my machine=20 >downloading the files at these links replying with all these files= attached. > >Is there any port which provides a functionality=20 >like this? Or is it possible to put together=20 >such a setup in place? I tried a Google search=20 >but didn't manage to frame this question concisely enough to get hits ... > >Also, many many years ago I remember using=20 >similar services on the Internet. I can't for=20 >the life of me remember their names now. Any one=20 >here recollects/ has used such services? > >Thanks, Rakhesh There is an email2cvs in ports, don't know the=20 exact name, but i allows you to do cvs commits,=20 updates, etc via mail; perhaps it can help you For security, add in the mail with the file=20 request a login/password. Check the From (only=20 tyour email account) and the l/p. Also there is a gnu.org project for a p2p using mail. HTH ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Useful Acronyms: GPL =3D Greedy Peng=FCin Licence=20