MySql, PHP4, E-mail

[Anon]

I would be gratefull for some help or pointers. I am trying to build a database that users can e-mail information into!.
My aim is to set up an e-mail address that is polled by either php4 or MySql and im ports the data, it may be a binary file, into the database with all the relevant information. Is there or does anybody know of any existing code or text / book that describes these requirements.

[Anon]

I did something recently along similar lines:

I have procmail installed on my server, and that runs a Perl script (but could be php if necessary) which reads the mailbox looking for a certain to: email address. when it finds one, it sends an SMS message to a the number in the subject line. There's a lot of stuff out there which will help you:

www.google.com and search for procmail (for info on how to run a script when an email arrives)

and then read the php manual for info about mysql (if u don't already know).

Dave

[Anon]

You could use the application Popper as your starting point, it's a
pop mailclient for the web. You could get the mailfunctions from there.

Since it knows how to retrieve the mails, you can cut out that code and use
it for your needs. It already has a database backend with mysql.

the adress is: http://sourceforge.net/projects/popper/