Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 12:17:02 +0100 From: Robin Melville <robmel@nadt.org.uk> To: xiyuan qian <xiyuan@npc.haplink.co.cn>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: forward mail to a perl script Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19970424111702.006ff158@wrcmail>
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At 13:33 24/04/97 GMT, xiyuan qian wrote:
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>Hi, I noted from this list that one can forward a mail message to a perl script
>program in order to handle some event. But there is no detail.
You can do this either from /etc/aliases or use a ~/.forward file.
in aliases:
myprog: "|/usr/local/bin/myprog arg1 arg2"
this would run any messages for myprog@your.domain through /usr/local/bin/myprog
in ~auser/.forward (example 1):
\auser, "|/usr/local/bin/myprog arg arg"
This will deliver the message to auser@your.domain mailbox and also run it
through the program.
example 2:
"|/usr/local/bin/myprog arg arg"
This will just run it through the program.
In each case, the program will see the message text (& all the headers) on
"stdin".
Best regards,
Robin
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