From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 29 13:03:07 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 136021065680 for ; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:03:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glarkin@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail1.sourcehosting.net (113901-app1.sourcehosting.net [72.32.213.11]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E19188FC19 for ; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:03:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glarkin@FreeBSD.org) Received: from 68-189-244-97.dhcp.oxfr.ma.charter.com ([68.189.244.97] helo=Gregory-Larkins-Computer.local) by mail1.sourcehosting.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1KZ3d1-000PZ5-48; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:03:04 -0400 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (fireball.entropy.prv [192.168.1.12]) by Gregory-Larkins-Computer.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E31424160E5; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:03:03 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <48B7F387.4060602@FreeBSD.org> Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:03:03 -0400 From: Greg Larkin Organization: The FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows/20080708) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Marcel Grandemange References: <029801c909d6$67d76330$37862990$@za.net> In-Reply-To: <029801c909d6$67d76330$37862990$@za.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 OpenPGP: id=1C940290 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -2.2 (--) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Script To Execute command via mail X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: glarkin@FreeBSD.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:03:07 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Marcel Grandemange wrote: > I have an interesting situation. > > I have a windows based sms server, this machine works in the following way. > > It watches a shared directory for txt files that must be formatted in > certain way and periodically sends them off to mobile. > > What I want to do is create a SMTP to SMS gateway. > > Easy in theory! > > Rite a script to map shared drive, ensure it's connected and write the txt > files in dir. > > However the second part I have no idea, somehow I need to watch the mbox > file of say a e-mail account called "test" > > And IF a mail arrives parse it look for a security key if exists convert to > txt file and copy to shared dir. > Hi Marcel, Do you have a FreeBSD machine in the mix somewhere? If so, this sounds like a job for procmail: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procmail Using procmail, you can create a script to process incoming emails and process/reformat them as you see fit. Best regards, Greg - -- Greg Larkin http://www.FreeBSD.org/ - The Power To Serve http://www.sourcehosting.net/ - Ready. Set. Code. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIt/OH0sRouByUApARAntMAJ43+cuEDrdEIZle4TTxa3orO+u05QCdHsOq c1yjtkE0i7CN4dM04WgcfrM= =0pjX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----