check email content & send onto MySQL

Hope some of you will be able to help, here it comes: i have a server called flimp ( Apache with php4 module) running with a MySQL server. i would like to get the content of emails send by a program called teamware .the infos contained in the email are like this: thename (version name) 1.2.4 (version number) 11-10-2000 (version date) blabla bla blablablabla (version comments) bill gates (version owner) Then take those and put them in one of MySQL table called manpages. The problem is: -i don't know how to catch the email get the infos from it, (what type of script??) - pull them out (what type of script??) -and then onto the MySQL table: manpages: like a MySQL querry such as : INSERT INTO manpages (version name,version number,version date,version comments,version owner) VALUES ($version name,$version number,$version date,$version comments,$version owner); (what type of script??) In short how do i do: infos in mail -> catch -> infos out -> insert in table thanks in advance for your help, nicolas.