processing mail in PHP

[elck]

Hi,
I am trying to process some mail in PHP scripts and this is what I do now:

I made a filter that saves mail with a subject title containing 'forum' in a cgi-bin directory.

I run a cronjob that copies this file and changes the permissions with chmod.

I would rather not use a cronjob, but process the mail the moment it is received.
Is there a way to start a php script upon reception of mail?

If this is the wrong place for this posting please don't be angry, but coul you tell me where to go?

[bpmod]

It took me 18 days to get an answer to this when I first got cPanel. I hope you haven't been searching that long.

The first thing you need to do is make sure that your script is working correctly.

Then you need to set up a forwarder using the following syntax:

|/bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/php /path/to/your/script.php >> /path/to/an/outputfile.txt'

The >> and the output file are not strictly necessary, but will certainly help in debuging etc. Notice that the quotes are around everything from before /usr to after .txt as that is one argument passed to the shell (/bin/sh). I am not sure what the -c does, but it works in my forwards, so I haven't questioned or investigated it further.

Hope this helps!

Brian

[elck]

Thanks Brian,

I have tried other solutions for a while that did not please me much.
I only started investigation this avenue a short while ago.

Thanks for saving me the 18 days!


Regards,

Elck