automatic mail server

[Horst Laumer]

coei at nntp-server.caltech.edu (Christopher K. Oei) writes:

>Does anyone have a program (preferably a Unix script) that will intercept
>incoming mail, check the message text for lines such as "send wanted_file",
>and automatically reply to the sender the "wanted_file"?

>I'd be interested in a copy.  I wrote a rather crude version of this, and if
>anyone would like a copy of my program, just send me mail with the word
>"mailsort" somewhere in the message text.

>Thanks in advance,

>-Chris Oei
>(coei at puma.ccsr.uiuc.edu)

I'd suggest that you use filter, which is part of the elm-package. I never
had the need to use it, but according to the man-pages it should be able
to do the job. Seems to be quite flexible, uses an external rule-set and
handles regexps. Give it a try, it's PD.


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