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Posted by Bill Bell on 01/03/08 16:17
On Jan 2, 5:07 pm, Jeremy <jer...@pinacol.com> wrote, in part:
> I have implemented such a thing as a daemon that periodically parses a
> mailbox on the local server and ...
Thanks for this, Jeremy. It hadn't occurred to me to use the fact that
there would be just one receiving mailbox that I could get at.
> If you're more specific about what you are trying to do, you'll probably
> get better answers. For example, can your script sit on the same
> machine as the mail server, or do you need to use IMAP to retrieve the
> messages (which is far more complicated)? Will the process be initiated
> manually, or periodically, or will it always be running? What sort of
> things do you intend to do with the information in the messages?
Some years ago I built a PHP site for a local group of employment
counselling agencies. They are not adept at using computer interfaces,
and my efforts to improve this site's interface have not proven
adequate. So I want to take a different tack.
What happens with the current interface is that users fail to identify
themselves by selecting from a drop-down list. I want to replace the
current system with one in which individuals email messages intended
for everyone to a distinct address on the site's domain. (In this way
they are obliged to identify themselves as individuals, and I can work
out authentication once I get over the current hurdle.) When software
running on the server that hosts this mailbox notices the presence of
a message it is to obtain the contents of the message and the sender's
email address, and arrange to send the message to all of the agencies
using the sender's address.
Bill
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