Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:03:03 -0400 From: Greg Larkin <glarkin@FreeBSD.org> To: Marcel Grandemange <thavinci@thavinci.za.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Script To Execute command via mail Message-ID: <48B7F387.4060602@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <029801c909d6$67d76330$37862990$@za.net> References: <029801c909d6$67d76330$37862990$@za.net>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 - -- Greg Larkin http://www.FreeBSD.org/ - The Power To Serve http://www.sourcehosting.net/ - Ready. Set. Code. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIt/OH0sRouByUApARAntMAJ43+cuEDrdEIZle4TTxa3orO+u05QCdHsOq c1yjtkE0i7CN4dM04WgcfrM= =0pjX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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