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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 01/03/08 18:16
Bill Bell wrote:
> 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
>
Bill,
Actually, I would think this would be better done in the MTA. Every one
I know of has the ability to have email lists. Why reinvent the wheel?
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