Re: Can a PHP program recieve an e-mail and write it to a file???

Date sent: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 15:20:24 -0500 (EST) From: Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio@openservices.net> To: Jeremy Bowen <ocarules@webnationinc.com> Copies to: <php-general@lists.php.net> Subject: Re: [PHP] Can a PHP program recieve an e-mail and write it to a file??? Jeremy Bowen wrote: > > Here is what I need to do, I need to have a PHP script recieve an e-mail > > and write it to a file after erasing whatever was in the file before. Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams replied: > If you're using sendmail, you can set up an alias to execute a program and > send the message to the program's standard input whenever the message is > sent to an arbitrary address. Wow, that sounds GREAT, much better than what i just suggested (connecting to POP mailbox, reading and dissecting email). I was convinced sendmail could only SEND mail. I mean, it's name suggested that. How can i set it up to get all email to a certain address to a php file? Chris H "The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they will be when you kill them." ---- William Clayton Chris, in the NL (chayes@antenna.nl)