question for perl coders

RedHat123 · 04-15-2005, 03:10 PM

how hard would it be to write a perl script to do the following:
(1)read a mailbox and parse subject lines for a keyword and number
(2)upon finding a keyword match, lookup the email address of the sender and compare that a record exists to match the number in the subject line for the email address of the sender
(3) if a match is found for this number/sender email combination,
issue a sql statement to a mysql db to update a record given a set of conditions similar to above

david_ross · 04-15-2005, 03:33 PM

It should be fairly easy - there are plenty of modules on cpan that will read mailboxes of just about any type:
http://search.cpan.org

puffinman · 04-15-2005, 03:58 PM

Ditto for mysql modules. Pick the right modules and the whole script would probably be only a few lines.

RedHat123 · 04-15-2005, 04:31 PM

ok, now that ive started perusing a few perl tutorials, i dont think it will be that bad. im comfortable with php & java but ive never had the need till now to do more than recognize perl scripts when i see them. thanks for the help