Re: How can i run shell script after mail arrive ?

[Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net>]

Jabka Atu wrote:
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> Hello ,...
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> how can i run a script when mail arrive ? (kmail and icedove).
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create a .forward file in your home directory, and put a line in it of 
the form:
|"|$HOME/bin/your.program -and some arguments"

look at http://linuxgazette.net/issue14/procmail.html for some details

if you want to do something fancier, install procmail (Google it)

do a little research - you want to get permissions set properly, to 
avoid opening up a really big security hole in your system, and you want 
to be careful not to set up any mail loops


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