[vdr] Re: program vdr via email?

[Dirk Hartmann <dha@morticah.net>]

--Am Thursday, January 02, 2003 11:47:47 +0100 schrieb Harald Milz
<hm@seneca.muc.de> :

> Dirk Hartmann <dha@morticah.net> wrote:
> 
>> Much more simple. Edit your /etc/aliases:
>> vdrprog:	|/usr/local/bin/yourscripttoparseandprogram
> 
> If you run your own mail server. Many people run only some POPable
> adresses at GMX or other mail hosters, and then you have to do
> something else. 

I don't see there a problem. An extra freemail account only for
programming and fetchmail. 
After that your local MTA does the rest.

> Procmail to detect a subject, like
> 
> VDRCOMMAND=`formail -xSubject: | sed 's/vdrprog //'`
> DUMMY=`test -z "$VDRCOMMAND" || /usr/local/bin/svdrpsend.pl -d
> $hostname $VDRCOMMAND`
> 
> And don't forget to add your mail server to svdrphosts.conf.

Even in this example you have to run your own MTA and fetching the mail
with a program like fetchmail. Or did I miss something?

-- 
Dirk Hartmann
dha@morticah.net


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