Is it possible to write a php script that accepts emails (like an email bot)

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Is it possible to write a php script that accepts emails (like an email bot)

I would like to write a script that can receive e-mail and then do something depending on instructions in that e-mail, but I have no idea where to start with this. Is this possible with PHP?

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There's an old (but good) email on evolt about piping incoming emails to a php script.

http://www.evolt.org/incoming_mail_and_php

If you don't have terminal access, you could instead use the imap/pop functions in php to read a mailbox.

adam 2010-04-15 21:51:57

This is exactly what I'm looking for! Thanks!

DKinzer 2010-04-15 21:56:45

No. Only a mail server can read email. However, you can have the mail server pipe the output to a PHP CLI script.

George Edison 2010-04-15 21:52:30

PHP can be setup to act as a mail server.

Jordan S. Jones 2010-04-15 21:53:24

The -1 wasn't me, but I think you are taking the question a little too literally. You're not a mail server, but you get email too.

adam 2010-04-15 21:53:52

I edited it. But PHP is not a mail server.

George Edison 2010-04-15 21:55:32

But it can be, when set to listen on a port accepting mail.

adam 2010-04-15 21:58:17

True - but then any (and I mean just about any) language could be used for a mail server. And I don't think that's what @DKinzer wanted.

George Edison 2010-04-15 22:22:23

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