Re: how to make server response to emails

On Thursday 09 January 2003 17:33, See kok Boon wrote: > Seen this in many mailing list, but I do not know the logic behind it, hope > someone can spare some time to enlighten me. > > > > Recall that many mailing list systems all users to send an email with the > word "unsubscribe" (or "help" or "subscribe" for that matter.) in > the > subject line to allow the subscriber to unsubscribe, therefore I believe > that there is a way to make the mail server, or which ever it is, to > response specifically to text within the mail. > > > > Besides using this for mailing list, I think the logic can also be used I > other areas such as specific response to Q&A etc. > > > > However, I have no idea how this is accomplished and what this system is > called, so I need some precious help here. Anyone please? Most MTA systems can process mail through an arbitary program. Thus you can use a CLI version of PHP to process your mail. Search the archives for "process email". -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * /* Do not underestimate the power of the Force. */