Comment by j on "Can an E-mail be used to trigger scripts ....?"

CommentCan an E-mail be used to trigger scripts ....?

stuff ;)

Dec 30, 2018

use a postfix target pipeline. You can even put in business logic

<name>     unix  -       n       n       -       -       pipe
  flags=DORX user=<linux_user> argv=<path to script>

it will just pipe it in via stdin so a classic argv / argc application

thecodingmachine.io/triggering-a-php-script-when-…

for php :)

Just don't forget to use php.net/manual/en/book.mailparse.php and check if the body is correct and use a dedicated email (probably with a hash in front of it so the spam attacks are not that probable)

i hope that helps.

Lila Fowler

Dec 31, 2018

Honestly I never expected this question to receive such sensible answers ^.^ Thank you for this, email piping (it seems) is exactly what my situation would require. I checked out some email piping solutions, I saw linux-related stuff only, then I found a solution right in cPanel! (I use Windows) cPanel has an Email Filter that allows you to pipe/parse the emails received and execute a script for every incoming email, and wow that's exactly what I need. Thanks so much for this headsup (once again!)

one of the plattforms I am programming for uses this mechanics to receive emails and put it in the correct customer timeline. Gg This is how we did it although just the core principle because our problem is a bit more complex than yours :)

As long as it helps I am happy. :)

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