Email Event Listener

[jrottman]

I am working on a app that requires an event listener for my email server. I have created teh app in java previously but the app is just to bulky. I was given the idea to re-create it in app in perl to help trim up some of the memory usage. Thus far everything has worked like a dream.

The one issue that I can't seem to figure out is how to create an event listener for a specific protocol. Mainly Pop3. Ideally the listener will connect to the server, and listen for any new email being received on a specific account, if an email comes in it will automatically start next steps in the chain.

Anyone know where I can find an example of a pop3 event listener.

 

[chrismassey]

This may help...

http://www.messners.com/jgmail/docs/com.messners.mail.MailStatusEvent.html#_top_

 

[jrottman]

Well I am not using java anymore, when I was using java to do this I was using JavaMail. I am trying to find something similar to JavaMail for perl.

 

[chrismassey]

I'm not totally sure of the full capabilities of using Net:OP3, but have you had a look at using that module?

 

[jrottman]

Well Net:op3 is just one part of my equation. I need it to collect the mail. However it does not have monitor functionality.

 

[chrismassey]

Okay, i'm definately not the best person to help unfortunately. However I have one more suggestion, which could be to use automating form submission, which can be used to check when something new appears on a webpage. In a different context for example, it can notify you when a new book with a particular keyword(s) appears. I don't think this is what you want (because I don't think it will automatically let you know) but take a look anyway (either LWP::Simple or LWP::UserAgent).

Sorry I couldn't be of help

 

[travs69]

Why "listen".. why not just connect every minute.. or every 30 seconds.. or whatever? You wouldn't really want a constant connection I wouldn't think. You can easily monitor a mail box with net:op3 and get it to do things with email in near real time.

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Travis - Those Who Say It Cannot Be Done Are Usually Interrupted by Someone Else Doing It; Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions;

 

[KevinADC]

create the net:op3 object

while(1){
check the account
do some stuff
sleep 120;#sleep two minutes
}

of course that will run forever so you would eventually have to kill it but it shouldn't use much resources, especially if you declare your variables properly.


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