Hi ...
Is there a way to run a page instead of sending email? to be clear:
I have email somename@somedomain.com, I want to make an autorespose but not by sending email to the sender, instead I want to run a page: do_something_when_receiving.php
Is it possible? & before you ask ,,, I want to make it on a linux Server not Windows
Thank you
Oras
azizny
11-11-2005, 01:56 PM
Hi ...
Is there a way to run a page instead of sending email? to be clear:
I have email somename@somedomain.com, I want to make an autorespose but not by sending email to the sender, instead I want to run a page: do_something_when_receiving.php
Is it possible? & before you ask ,,, I want to make it on a linux Server not Windows
Thank you
Oras
ofcouse its possible, but you have to edit the mail catcher to run the php page..
where that file is, I have no idea..
and i think it will be either in Korn or Bash shell scripting language..
Peace,
folsom
11-11-2005, 04:45 PM
You can use procmail to run scripts when you get new mail.
Thank you for your replies ... I'll check procmail, but I thought that it can be done using a small single file like the .htaccess :)
BurakUeda
11-12-2005, 09:55 AM
Are you using any control panel?
in cPanel it is quite easy...
Burhan
11-12-2005, 10:06 AM
no, .htaccess does not work here since this process doesn't have anything to do with the web server.
You can use procmail, or exim and then pipe the email to a script that does whatever you want.
Or, if this is not time sensitive -- you can write a script, run it on cron that checks the mailbox and performs whatever actions you want when a new message arrives.
Just so we are all clear -- by 'run a page' you mean 'run a script'.
