listen/parse on a specific email address

[keak]

Hi there,
I am not sure if this is possible, but is there a way to have PHP listen and parse on a specific email address?

What I am trying to do is to parse datafields in emails sent to a specific email address and convert/enter them into a mysql database.

Thanks!

 

[jpadie]

listen? not really. but you can set a cron job to query a pop or imap email box on a regular basis.

once you have the data you can parse to your heart's content.

check out

http://www.php.net/imap

for the php manual on the relevant functions.

 

[sleipnir214]

What mail transfer agent are you running? If you are running sendmail, qmail or postfix, you can have your mail system, instead of posting the message to a mailbox, invoke a script and pipe the message to the script.



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