Retrieving mail attachments

[ianicr]

I've set up a script that will execute on mail sent to a certain address. How do I retrieve the attachment? I need to do this to ftp the attachment elsewhere. What do I need? munpack? uudecode?

Thanks

 

[aixmurderer]

Try this if you have perl:
faq80-4138

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[parbhani]

I am assuming that, u are retriving the mail from a POP3 id.
The best way I can tell u is to use the java mail API.
Its simple and need a small amount of coding.

Or else use the Perl option .
Also u can write a C-program which can very well give u back the attachment, for which u need to understand the structure of the mail file very clearly. after that iat just some string manipulation .