Paul Kraus wrote: > > I want to write a script that takes its parameters from an email. > Now here is the tricky part the mail is not on the server its after it > has been received via pop. > > Example. > Someone sends an email that is supposed to trigger the creation of a > price list. > Mail comes in to mail server (we do not own and it is not on site). Mail > is then received on a windows xp machine running outlook xp. I want > outlook to run a perl script for this mail message. I want the script to > parse the email and extract the command are parameter that is going to > be used in the script. > > Is this even possible? If so how do I do it. I can do the actual > programming but how do I get it to automatically process the mail.
I don't use Outlook or any MS products but you could use Net::POP3 to get the emails directly from the server and process them. John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
