Re: [Nolug] automating email

I would not use this script. There are more robust and complete
solutions out there.

Brett

On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Jerry Wilborn <jerrywilborn@gmail.com> wrote:
> Beat to fit, paint to match...  Then add to cron.
> #!/usr/bin/php
> if ($conn = imap_open("{mail.domain.com:110/pop3}INBOX", "user@domain.com",
> "secret")) {
> $mc = imap_check($conn);
> if ($mc->Nmsgs) {
> print "Handling {$mc->Nmsgs} message" . ($mc->Nmsgs == 1 ? '' : 's') .
> ".\n";
> $response = imap_fetch_overview($conn, "1:{$mc->Nmsgs}");
> foreach ($response as $msg) {
> if (preg_match("/(.*)\@domain\.com/", $msg->to, $matches) and $user =
> $matches[1]) {
> if (strtolower($user) == 'bob') {
> // deal with attachments, see http://php.net/manual/en/book.imap.php for
> example
> // use file_put_contents to save body/attachments
> } else {
> // save to a catch-all location ?
> }
> }
> }
> }
> }
> Jerry Wilborn
> jerrywilborn@gmail.com
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 7:14 AM, Clint Billedeaux <clint@fastbadge.com>
> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 12:12 AM, Petri Laihonen <pietu@weblizards.net>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Do you know any scripting languages such as PHP?
>>>
>>
>> I've been lucky enough to whack a PHP file or two into what I want, but I
>> would never admit in public that I even have a clue what PHP is.
>>
>>>
>>> In the past, I made a PHP script to read mail, open the attachments and
>>> then act upon the contents of said attachments. I was running the script
>>> with cron, but nowdays I would just make a PHP script run as daemon which
>>> can be stop|start|restart|etc just like any other daemon.
>>>
>>
>> I like the idea of using PHP though.  I'll look into it. Thanks.
>>
>>> IMHO, PHP is far easier than Procmail.
>>>
>>> P
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:19 PM, Clint Billedeaux <clint@fastbadge.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm trying to automate some very routine email handling done by the
>>>> office staff.
>>>> At present, one person is assigned to check an email inbox and save it's
>>>> attachments to folders on the file server.  I'm sure scripting this to
>>>> happen throughout the day shouldn't be a huge ordeal, but I haven't the
>>>> foggiest idea how to start.  I looked at a few procmail scripts, but I'm
>>>> coming up short on comprehending how to save the email attachments.
>>>> Any ideas where I should look for help?
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Clint
>>
>
>
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