[pskmail] Re: Email Info Server

In a unix environment, all of these things are covered (and a ton more) with
procmail.

http://www.procmail.org/



On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 3:00 PM, Pär Crusefalk <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> ons 2008-04-23 klockan 17:53 +0000 skrev Jeff Davis:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I've been thinking of creating an email information processor. Something
> > that a pskMail user could send an email to and receive an email reply
> with
> > the requested information.
> >
> > Actually I'm just looking for an excuse to play with sed, formail,
> sendmail,
> > perl and wget. :-)
> >
> > It would work something like this:
> >
> > - a user sends an email request with a keyword like "INFO" in the
> subject
> > line.
> >
> > - the processor responds by sending a complete list of available
> information
> > that can be individually triggered by Subject line request.
> >
> > - using Subject line keywords (or keywords in the body), specific
> > information could be returned via email.
> >
> > A simple example might be a request for the latest ARRL Letter -- a bit
> more
> > complex might be a request to return the last 5 or 10 eHam reviews of a
> > certain piece of equipment. Latest propagation bulletins, other
> newsletters,
> > last five blog entries with comments, the first chapter of a public
> domain
> > book, etc.
> >
> > The list is endless; anything that might be useful to a traveler who
> uses
> > pskMail for communication while away from home.
> >
> > But here's my question -- am I re-creating the wheel -- does this
> > functionality already exist?
>
> Yes, I have implemented a version of that.
> I use perl and cron to poll a mailbox and react to whatever is in the
> subject line. As I am working in a place where we have not been allowed
> to access the internet, other than for email, I put that up to be able
> to surf by email. I send an email to an account at home where its picked
> up by the script, if the subject line is an url then it will fetch that
> page (using curl) and send it back. I have put a few other commands in
> there as well, one such is a way to send a message through fldigi.
>
> Does that sound like the same idea?
>
> 73 de Per, sm0rwo
>
>
>
>

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