PERL Beginners - string extract from email body

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string extract from email body

Richard Foley

2004-07-22, 8:55 am

Simple question for those who know ...

I want to extract 2 or 3 lines of text from an incoming email, process
it and insert it into an outgoing email. Anyone got something similar
..... I use linux mail servers.

Thanks in advance.

R

Jupiterhost.Net

2004-07-22, 8:56 pm

Richard Foley wrote:

> Simple question for those who know ...
>
> I want to extract 2 or 3 lines of text from an incoming email, process
> it and insert it into an outgoing email. Anyone got something similar

Check out Mail::Internet very easy to parse email :)

> .... I use linux mail servers.

If you can have the mail piped to the script its really really easy with
Mail::Internet :)

In an upcoming module I have there is ann even easier way but that's a
little while out as I wanted to add attahcemnt support :)

> Thanks in advance.

HTH :)
Lee.M JupiterHost.Net

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