[Q] Mail Filter: Redirect to Script

[ericgorr]

The mail filter docs say one can redirect e-mail to a script:

Redirect to a script - Enter the full script path

but does not provide any further details.

Has anyone implemented this?
What does the shell of such a script look like?

Is there any other documentation that goes into more detail?

[bamasbest]

Actually, you "pipe" the email to a script.

Example:

parsethis@yourdomain.com -> | /home/user/public_html/cgi-bin/emailparser.php

The script, in the language of your choice (as supported by your platform/install), would do all of the processing from there, depending upon your needs.

[peterr]

Hi,

In PHP, the shell of your script would look like this:

$fd = fopen("php://stdin", "r");
$email = "";
while (!feof($fd)) {
    $email .= fread($fd, 1024);
}
fclose($fd); 

then the mail is in the var $email, and you can do what you wish with it.

Hope that helps,

Peter