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Old 05-30-2009, 12:12 AM   #1
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run a shell script/cronjob when any email arrive to specific email address


Hello users,

My server is running RHEL5, I am trying to build a system that, when any email arrive to specific email address (i.e. my-secret@mydomain.com), parse that email and run a shell script.

Is that possible?

any reference will be very helpfully

Thanks.
 
Old 05-30-2009, 12:18 AM   #2
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Take a look at fetchmail and procmail
 
Old 05-30-2009, 02:37 AM   #3
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Take a look at fetchmail and procmail
thanks repo, I will look for fetchmail and procmail.
 
Old 05-30-2009, 08:18 AM   #4
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You didn't say what is your mail server, but it can be done. For sendmail you need a .forward file in the user's homedir containing:
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"|/path/to/the/script"
The same way for qmail you need a .qmail file containing the same as above without the quotes.
So I guess the same goes for the other MTAs.

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