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Parse emails for commands - cron? huh? I need to do something I'm told that is relatively easy to do, but I can't find specific instructions on how to do it.
I need a way to look at incoming emails and run commands based on key words in them.
For example, incoming email:
Subject: Thing# 123
Body: delivered
when sent to dostuff@mydomain.com will run the command:
php -q ./app.php 123 setstatus="delivered"
...somebody mentioned something about cron and sendmail, blah blah. but I'm a noob, I need step-by-step help.
I'm using Apache on a remotely hosted account, I have SSH access.
I need a way to look at incoming emails and run commands based on key words in them.
For example, incoming email:
Subject: Thing# 123
Body: delivered
when sent to dostuff@mydomain.com will run the command:
php -q ./app.php 123 setstatus="delivered"
...somebody mentioned something about cron and sendmail, blah blah. but I'm a noob, I need step-by-step help.
I'm using Apache on a remotely hosted account, I have SSH access.
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