Comments on: is it possible to schedule a script to run each time I recieve a new email in my webmail account? http://www.massemailinglist.com/2010/08/is-it-possible-to-schedule-a-script-to-run-each-time-i-recieve-a-new-email-in-my-webmail-account/ mass email list Tue, 22 May 2012 03:36:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: joe.attaboy http://www.massemailinglist.com/2010/08/is-it-possible-to-schedule-a-script-to-run-each-time-i-recieve-a-new-email-in-my-webmail-account/#comment-2390 joe.attaboy Sat, 07 Aug 2010 01:48:19 +0000 http://www.massemailinglist.com/2010/08/is-it-possible-to-schedule-a-script-to-run-each-time-i-recieve-a-new-email-in-my-webmail-account/#comment-2390 You would have to have administrative control over the mail application used in cpanel. I can't give you specifics, but I would imagine that if you have full access to the mail server application, you could write up a Perl script that would do this for you. What about this alternative? On a regular basis, download a copy of the mailbox file (most *nix systems keep the user mail in a single file), and write a Perl script to parse through it, break it up into fields, and write it out to the database. You can then delete the mailbox file, which will in effect "empty" the mailbox. You would have to have administrative control over the mail application used in cpanel. I can’t give you specifics, but I would imagine that if you have full access to the mail server application, you could write up a Perl script that would do this for you.

What about this alternative? On a regular basis, download a copy of the mailbox file (most *nix systems keep the user mail in a single file), and write a Perl script to parse through it, break it up into fields, and write it out to the database. You can then delete the mailbox file, which will in effect “empty” the mailbox.

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