Re: Postfix - run script from email

2013-12-08 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 07/12/13 22:36, Gregory Nowak wrote: > On Sat, Dec 07, 2013 at 07:22:09AM -0800, David Guntner wrote: >> Look into Procmail, which might already be installed as the LDA for Postfix. > > Maildrop should also work fine here if you prefer that. If your script > runs as a specific user, and that sp

Re: Postfix - run script from email

2013-12-08 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 07/12/13 15:22, David Guntner wrote: > Tony van der Hoff grabbed a keyboard and wrote: >> Hi, list, >> >> I have a squeezy VPS, running Postfix to handle all my mail, plus >> several virtual users, with which I'm entirely satisfied. >> >> I also have a number of remote, normally unattended, loca

Re: Postfix - run script from email

2013-12-07 Thread Jochen Spieker
Kumar Appaiah: > On Sat, Dec 07, 2013 at 02:17:33PM +0100, Jochen Spieker wrote: >> Tony van der Hoff: >>> >>> Does anyone know how to attach some sort of filter/trigger to postfix to >>> cause a script to be run on incoming mail with particular conditions, >>> or would anyone like to suggest a be

Re: Postfix - run script from email

2013-12-07 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 12/7/2013 6:58 AM, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > I also have a number of remote, normally unattended, locations, with > dynamic IPs, containing IP cameras to keep an eye on things. I'm not > able to access/change the camera firmware. These cameras send me an > email if their IP changes, containing

Re: Postfix - run script from email

2013-12-07 Thread Gregory Nowak
On Sat, Dec 07, 2013 at 07:22:09AM -0800, David Guntner wrote: > Look into Procmail, which might already be installed as the LDA for Postfix. Maildrop should also work fine here if you prefer that. If your script runs as a specific user, and that specific user doesn't get any other mail, then a .f

Re: Postfix - run script from email

2013-12-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Tony van der Hoff wrote: > I have a squeezy VPS, running Postfix to handle all my mail, plus > several virtual users, with which I'm entirely satisfied. Please consider upgrading from oldstable Squeeze 6 to the current stable Wheezy 7. > So far, so good, but what I'd really like to do is intercep

Re: Postfix - run script from email

2013-12-07 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Sat, Dec 07, 2013 at 02:17:33PM +0100, Jochen Spieker wrote: > Tony van der Hoff: > > > > Does anyone know how to attach some sort of filter/trigger to postfix to > > cause a script to be run on incoming mail with particular conditions, > > or would anyone like to suggest a better solution? >

Re: Postfix - run script from email

2013-12-07 Thread David Guntner
Tony van der Hoff grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > Hi, list, > > I have a squeezy VPS, running Postfix to handle all my mail, plus > several virtual users, with which I'm entirely satisfied. > > I also have a number of remote, normally unattended, locations, with > dynamic IPs, containing IP camer

Re: Postfix - run script from email

2013-12-07 Thread Jochen Spieker
Tony van der Hoff: > > Does anyone know how to attach some sort of filter/trigger to postfix to > cause a script to be run on incoming mail with particular conditions, > or would anyone like to suggest a better solution? I would do that during delivery of the e-mails, probably using Postfix. J.

Postfix - run script from email

2013-12-07 Thread Tony van der Hoff
Hi, list, I have a squeezy VPS, running Postfix to handle all my mail, plus several virtual users, with which I'm entirely satisfied. I also have a number of remote, normally unattended, locations, with dynamic IPs, containing IP cameras to keep an eye on things. I'm not able to access/change the