[Dovecot] ot: execute a script via email?

[Ken Anderson]

If you don't have root, you are probably going to be restricted from other methods by the security policy of a shared host. In that case, just use fetchmail or other means of checking mail for your 'trigger' message, then run your process where you DO have permission. 
Ken


Wojciech Puchar <wojtek at wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote:

>> Old school - in /etc/aliases you can set:
>> user		"|/home/user/script"
>> And read the mail from stdin.
>> Ken
>
>works great but requires root to do this
>
>>
>>
>> Voytek Eymont <voytek at sbt.net.au> wrote:
>>
>>> anyone has any tips what's best way to execute a script via email ?
>>>
>>> I have a wget script that fetches some pages, and, emails me the
>>> output,
>>> there is no paramters passed, it's all in the script
>>> I'll like to email in and action the script to get the results email
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Voytek
>>
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>>

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