Possible package...not quite proposed

A few days ago I posted a note about a Sendmail hack that allows programmers a way to implement email-based interfaces to their applications. Well, I'd like to expand on that a bit and let you all give it a gander to see if there is value in having it in PEAR (some code clean up would have to occur). The package is quite simple. It allows you to implement an arbitrary set of commands against an application. The application I'm working with, for example, will eventually have commands to submit a story, approve a submission, submit a link, disable a user account, etc. I have this working with Sendmail/Procmail setup and have implemented a fairly simple help system and a single command to work with an application I'm working on. I think with a small amount of effort could work with other MTA's/MDA's as well as with non-web based applications. The process for building commands is quite simple and a sample command is included as a reference. Here is a sample request for help. This would be sent in the body of an email message: command: help submitstory username: tony The email response is: This is how to use the submitstory email command. Put the text below into an email message. Be sure to substitute everything between the angle brackets: command: submitstory username: <username> topic: <topic> title: <title> mode: <html or plaintext> story: <story text> Anyway, start by looking at the code here and start with reading the INSTALL document: http://cvs.geeklog.net/chora/cvs.php/email_connector -- Tony Bibbs "I guess you have to remember that those who don't tony@tonybibbs.com hunt or fish often see those of us who do as harmlessly strange and sort of amusing. When you think about it, that might be a fair assessment." --Unknown