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Linux - read emails and run script from gmail relay

I'm using Ubuntu and set postfix up to use gmail as a relay to send mail following this guide. I can send emails fine but I would like to receive emails and run a script like this. Is it possible to receive emails from my relay and then run a bash script?

Solution

  • We figured it out using fetchmail to grab the emails and then procmail to run a script.

    /root/.fetchmailrc

    # set username
set postmaster "root"
# set polling time (5 minutes)
set daemon 600

poll pop.gmail.com with proto POP3
   user 'username@gmail.com' there with password 'password' is root here options ssl mda "/usr/bin/procmail -m /etc/procmail/procmail.conf";

    /etc/procmail/procmail.conf

    CORRECTHOME=/root
MAILDIR=$CORRECTHOME/
LOGFILE=/var/log/procmail/log
VERBOSE=on
:0
| /root/procmail/script_to_run.sh