email client hooking

rajsun · 05-27-2007, 11:55 PM

Hi all,

Does any body has any idea how to hook email client in Linux.

Let me explain my purpose...

Actually I want to check the contents of received email if that content is valid then only I want to allow the email client to display the content to user. Otherwise the content will be discarded. For that reason I need to hook the email client or devise some other generic method.

And for that I want to write C code.

Plz help me if any body has any idea.

With Regards
RajSun.

theNbomr · 05-29-2007, 11:28 AM

This is a function best performed on a mail server. The mechanics of it are probably similar or identical to spam filtering.
--- rod.

Xeratul · 05-29-2007, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rajsun

Hi all,

Does any body has any idea how to hook email client in Linux.

Let me explain my purpose...

Actually I want to check the contents of received email if that content is valid then only I want to allow the email client to display the content to user. Otherwise the content will be discarded. For that reason I need to hook the email client or devise some other generic method.

And for that I want to write C code.

Plz help me if any body has any idea.

With Regards
RajSun.

i am also interested !! fairly
that s a cool idea you have

i know gmail-notify is written in python
that might be a nice point , of modifiing it quite easily, I d say (?)

http://packages.debian.org/unstable/source/gmail-notify

let us know ab your progress with this project

rajsun · 05-29-2007, 10:19 PM

hay thanks guys for ur response...

Ohh... sure guys i will let all know if i got any hint.

but i m looking for Linux specific email clients. Like
1> Thunderbird,
2> Evolution,
3> Kmial
etc...

With Regards
RajSun

theNbomr · 05-29-2007, 11:26 PM

Can you accomplish your goal by using email filters such as those in mozilla? What kind of criteria will you be using to qualify incoming messages?
--- rod.

Xeratul · 05-30-2007, 12:18 PM

I foiund out too there is a path
for mail-notification
for festival ...

that might be almost done

this patch checks the subjet ...
and talks ...

That's also another way ... road to the solution is not always so easy for