[thelist] email parser

If you end up parsing the mail on the server, this would be a good starting
point

Php Mbox parser class

http://pear.php.net/package-info.php?pacid=150

Theres much more mature code available for perl, however

(watch wrap)

http://search.cpan.org/author/MARKOV/Mail-Box-2.037/Mail/Box/Mbox.pod

http://search.cpan.org/author/MARKOV/Mail-Box-2.037/Mail/Box/Mbox/Message.po
d

And for qmail-style maildirs, should your mta utilize them

http://search.cpan.org/author/MARKOV/Mail-Box-2.037/Mail/Box/Maildir.pod

http://search.cpan.org/author/MARKOV/Mail-Box-2.037/Mail/Box/Maildir/Message
.pod


> I want to create an application that can parse the emails that Amazon or eBay
> send me when I have sold an item. I want to capture the despatch note and
> delivery address sections and "paste" them into an rtf template .

> The problem is, I have no idea where to start. Do I write a VB app that
> can I write it
> in something like PHP and query the messages on the server.