Hi,
It sounds like you're doing data warehousing and searching, which sounds
like a job for something like a database on the back of an injection
script that runs when a mail arrives. I suspect puppet is not the best
tool for processing at all.
Cheers,
On Tue, 2012-06-26 at 05:01 -0700, Paul Mena wrote:
> Felix,
>
>
> Thanks for the reply. That's a good point about the potential
> security hole. Ironically, it would be good news if my ISP doesn't
> permit it.
>
>
> Here's my task in a nutshell: I've been processing the entirety of an
> email folder using a program called HyperMail, which converts
> individual messages to individual HTML files. Since the folder grows
> by anywhere between one and six messages per day, it takes
> progressively longer to process. I was hoping to use puppet to listen
> for new mail and to process it on the fly.
>
>
> The gory details of my project can be found here. I've barely gotten
> started, so I'm certainly open to other approaches.
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Paul
>
> On Tuesday, June 26, 2012 3:59:20 AM UTC-4, Felix.Frank wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 06/26/2012 12:30 AM, Paul Mena wrote:
> > I think the answer is yes, but is it possible for Puppet to
> subscribe to
> > an email folder on a remote server? My plan is to perform
> an action
> > whenever the mailbox receives a new email message.
>
> I suppose you can cobble something up using an
>
> exec { "fetchmail ...": notify => ... }
>
> so yes, it's likely possible. I disbelieve that there is a
> puppet
> feature that supports it more directly, though.
>
> I'd like to go on record saying that, without having learned
> more
> details, I get the impression that you're about to open up a
> security
> hole. Please consider using tools that lend themselves better
> to the
> job, such as MCollective.
>
> HTH,
> Felix
>
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