So what i'm trying to do is process mail delivered to a certain user using a perl script.
I read that i shouldnt try to work with /var/mail/username, because if mail is delivered when the script is running i may lose mail.
I'm running postfix, is there an easy way to say if mail comes in for user test1 to send it as an argument to the script? or even deliver a text copy to another file that i can work on?
I'm reading about Postfix content filtering, but so far it looks like it does it for all users, which i dont want.
Thanks
Joe

Sure. There are several Perl modules that can interface with both POP and IMAP email servers:
http://search.cpan.org/~conteb/IMAP-...IMAP/Client.pm
http://search.cpan.org/~markov/Mail-...l/Box/POP3.pod

I did the same thing in the past using the IMAP module...had it read a list of user ID's, and perform a check to see if new mail had come in, and do something if it did. You can set it to leave the mail marked as unread/unchecked, or flag it as checked/read. Handy, because you won't process the same message(s) more than once, and still be able to leave them in the mailbox for later use, if you want.