Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:39:47 +0100 From: Eduardo Morras <emorras@s21sec.com> To: Rakhesh Sasidharan <rakhesh@rakhesh.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: Downloading file by sending email Message-ID: <20080131082830.CC97BBAE2E@s21sec.com> In-Reply-To: <20080130092413.K4947@obelix.home.rakhesh.com> References: <20080130092413.K4947@obelix.home.rakhesh.com>
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At 06:30 30/01/2008, you wrote: >Hi, > >An off-topic question. > >I run FreeBSD 6.2/i386 with Postfix and Maildrop (for filtering and delivery). > >I want to setup a service such that sending a >mail to say "someaddress@mydomain" with a list >of links per line results in my machine >downloading the files at these links replying with all these files attached. > >Is there any port which provides a functionality >like this? Or is it possible to put together >such a setup in place? I tried a Google search >but didn't manage to frame this question concisely enough to get hits ... > >Also, many many years ago I remember using >similar services on the Internet. I can't for >the life of me remember their names now. Any one >here recollects/ has used such services? > >Thanks, Rakhesh There is an email2cvs in ports, don't know the exact name, but i allows you to do cvs commits, updates, etc via mail; perhaps it can help you For security, add in the mail with the file request a login/password. Check the From (only tyour email account) and the l/p. Also there is a gnu.org project for a p2p using mail. HTH ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Useful Acronyms: GPL = Greedy Pengüin Licencehelp
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