coopster
msg:1310758 | 5:46 pm on Sep 18, 2003 (gmt 0) |
If you want to send mail use the mail() function. You can find more information regarding how to use PHP mail in the PHP Manual [us4.php.net]. As far as receiving the mail and parsing...well, that's out of your control. The recipient's server determines how to handle the mail, not you.
|
bcolflesh
msg:1310759 | 5:54 pm on Sep 18, 2003 (gmt 0) |
Many mail processing progs have options to process mail with external scripts - does your server have procmail?: procmail.org/ rhols66.adsl.netsonic.fi/era/procmail/mini-faq.html
|
wruk999
msg:1310760 | 5:59 pm on Sep 18, 2003 (gmt 0) |
gutabo, You could, if you have access to the server that you host on, edit the aliases file (on unix) and point a email address to a perl file, use the perl file to read any values and arguments, and then use that to pass to PHP. I thin this is a very basic outline of how it can be done, but I think that it is a possibility. Cheers,
wruk999
|
daisho
msg:1310761 | 7:15 pm on Sep 18, 2003 (gmt 0) |
procmail is definatly the way to go if you have it. It's a very powerfull tool. I do just that looking for bounce messages. A mail comes in an a PHP script fires to process it. Then decide weither to pass it to me or delete it. daisho.
|
anchordesk
msg:1310762 | 2:44 am on Sep 19, 2003 (gmt 0) |
Sure ... anything a human on a browser can do can be replicated with some kind of scripting. Addressing the "or something else" rather than the PHP part of your question, the perl module Mail::POP3Client makes it a snap to write a perl script to check a pop3 account and automatically manipulate email to your hearts content. Set the script up to run automatically every few minutes/hours and it's makes for a nice way to handle various concerns of incoming email.
|
Timotheos
msg:1310763 | 7:06 am on Sep 19, 2003 (gmt 0) |
I would think it's do able. Here's an interesting article [devshed.com] that would get you started on retrieving the email with PHP. To do it automatically you'll need to set up a cron job.
|
|
