check for new mail automatically in php

[realin]

hi guys,

i found a php mail class on phpclasses i just want to know how can i receive email after specific time.

Allright, let me be more clear, i want that as soon as user sends an email to a particular email address, the reply for a thread is posted. So for that purpose i want my script to check for the new emails, there are two ways to do that, which i could think of.

1) I click a button manually everytime i need to check for new emails.
2) Cron jobs

Guys none of the two options are seem to be feasible at this stage, can there be some other way to do that.. I just want a listener who can listen to my incoming emails and perform an action in return of it ..

cheers !!
Realin !

[ronverdonk]

This is almost the same problem as in a previous thread by you, but it'll stay for now.

To get everyone at the same level, why don't you answer the question by aktar in your other thread HERE ?

Ronald

[realin]

This is almost the same problem as in a previous thread by you, but it'll stay for now.

To get everyone at the same level, why don't you answer the question by aktar in your other thread HERE ?

Ronald

hiya ronald,

I did subscribe to the thread, but it just gets unsubscribed automatically and everytime, i need to subscribe to it manually, pbmods (moderator) told me they are wokring on this issue, but i guess its still not resolved as if now..
Now i have replied to the previous thread..

The earlier thread was about setting up a mail server and this thread was to ask that how can i check email with my own script automatically..

i hope i made myself clear :)

[ronverdonk]

It is clear. I just asked to avoid confusion about this email server and reading emails from it.

Ronald

[TheServant]

Guys none of the two options are seem to be feasible at this stage, can there be some other way to do that.. I just want a listener who can listen to my incoming emails and perform an action in return of it ..

Why are these not feasible? How about using Sceduled Tasks on your computer? This requires that you are always connected, but other than that I do not know any other way. Explain why you can't use cronjobs though.

[itang]

If you have a specific email address that is used for this, then how about piping incoming mail for that address to a php script that can parse through the content?

That way you don't have to manually check for mail or set a cron, but can have the emails processed whenever they arrive.

[realin]

If you have a specific email address that is used for this, then how about piping incoming mail for that address to a php script that can parse through the content?

That way you don't have to manually check for mail or set a cron, but can have the emails processed whenever they arrive.

You thanks itang,

this is what i thought.. wherever the page loads, i shall call the script which fills in with the new mails which just popped into the mailbox..

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