Re: sending email to php script

On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, David Robley wrote: > On Sat, 27 Oct 2001 03:23, JSheble wrote: > > A while ago an email came through here about how to parse out email > > message from a php script. The thing that was mostly of interest to me > > is the ability to send an email to a php script, I guess through a > > sendmail alias? I asked how to accomplish this, and never saw an > > answer come through. So I'd like to ask again :o) > > > > Does anybody know what would be required or necessary to send an email > > to an address that would run a php script? > > You say sendmail, so do it thusly: > > Edit /etc/aliases and add a line like > > phpmail: "| /pathto/your/php/script" > > and run newaliases to update your alias database. Actually, I am still trying to figure this out when I get time. What I did was: phpmail: "| lynx -dump > /pathto/your/php/script" But the problem is nothing appears to be capture in the script. Or rather in what format does this mail arrive. I even tried to write it to a file but nothing is written. > > You'll also need to compile php as a standalone, and put as the first > line of your php script > > #!/path/to/php -q What if we need both version?? Adrian