controling a Python daemon with mail
Preston Landers
planders at mail.utexas.edu
Sat Apr 24 13:15:39 EDT 1999
"Steven D. Majewski" <sdm7g at Virginia.EDU> writes:
> Yeah -- mailbox and rfc822 aren't the prettiest modules in the Python
> libraries! Here's where the class browser in the Mac Python IDE comes
> in handy, along with some interactive snooping.
Thank you! Your message was most helpful. Unlike a snotty reply I
recieved in email that just said "You didn't read the docs."
> Thus you don't have to check the spool periodically -- the program
> gets triggered as part of the mail delivery. There are unix programs
> like procmail & filter that already do this. ( and procmail has
Yeah, I considered this. I actually use fetchmail & procmail for my
day to day email. It does have advantages, particularly like you
describe ... the script isn't running continuously but is invoked for
each message.
> Or, you can use procmail to selectively send particular messages to
> another script.
Right, right. I'd want some kind of validation on who's allowed to
send messages to this script.
> You might also want to look a Mailman -- which is a mailing list
> manager written in Python. It may already have most of the tools
> you need for your responder.
I only glanced briefly at that package but I may go back and look at
it again more carefully. At the time, it seemed like overkill. In
fact, since my needs aren't very complicated, and I already know a bit
about procmail, I may just go with that.
Once again, your message was quite helpful and pointed me in the right
direction. Thanks a lot!!!!
--Preston
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