Re: [GENERAL] Getting input from email...

> At 18:09 +0200 on 26/10/98, Dan Delaney wrote:
>
> > I'd like to set up a DB using postgreSQL to archive a
> > mailing list. How would I go about getting all of the mail
> > sent to the list to be automatically entered into the
> > database when it is sent? I assume I would need to set up an
> > email address for the list to send to, something like
> > "archive(at)blahblah(dot)org", but what would I need to do to get
> > it into the database? Something in sendmail? Use procmail?
> > Any ideas?
>
> Procmail is supposed to be the ultimate solution in this case. Never tried
> it myself. However, if you are working with the common unix and sendmail,
> you have the possibility of creating a ".forward" file in the "archive"
> user's home directory, in which there is one line which reads "|command".
>

Also, and I don't remember how, there is a way to do something simular to what
you can do in the .forward file but on a global basis. If you want to know
more about Sendmail, I suggest getting O'Reilley's book on the subject called
_Sendmail_...james