email possibility?

[jon2004]

how can i get filemaker pro developer to be the recipient of an email (i can set up an exchange account for it) and when an email is sent, to create a record based on the details of that email?

is this feasible, achieveable, doable or any other ...ables??

[fishma]

You can use the SMPTit plugin (found here http://www.cnsplug-ins.com/products.htm?product=SMTPit ). I have used SMPTit and it's sister plugin POP3it to create a full-on email client. Both plugins are very solid. Keep in mind that you will need to understand how Exchange stores and serves emails. Good Luck...

Clark!

[jon2004]

so i can effectively send an email to a filemaker database and then parse the body and subject fields of that email and create a record automatically?

hooray!

[jon2004]

errr.....

i've just read the blurb with the above product, and it uses the word "send" a lot, not "receive" at all, just to clarify: i have a 3rd party program that sends emails out, i want my database to RECEIVE the email and then create a record based on that email, i don't want my database to send anything out!

(god, what i'd give for a Lotus Domino server....)

[fishma]

Sorry Jon,

It's early and I've not had enough Coffee. POP3it Receives emails, SMPTit sends them.

Clark

[jon2004]

thanks - i sort of worked it out from the blurb...

sounds like the sort of thing i can use, providing it meets a few requirements

[bruceR]

Many email apps are scriptable and have automatic actions you can perform when the subject or sender meets your criteria. So you could just use your existing mail app - which leaves a copy of the mail in your email application.

[jon2004]

yes, but in this case filemaker would be the email app, so is it scriptable to receive an email, sent to it via a pop3 server?

[kenneth2k1]

I would HIGHLY recommend the SMTPit and POP3it plug-ins. If you buy both at the same time, I think its only like 80 boodles. Well worth it. All kinds of functionality.