I want FTP all attachments that come in from one specific email address. How do I do this?

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I'm trying to create a program that any time an email comes in with an attachement, the attachment is noticed and ftp'd to my server. How can I go about doing this?

Steps:
1) Email comes in
2) Email scanned and detected to have attachment
3) Attachement is ftp'd to my server
4) Done

(easier said then done i guess..)

Thanks in advance! :)

Posted 26-Nov-15 9:20am

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PIEBALDconsult 26-Nov-15 15:51pm

A rule with a macro would work, but there are limitations.

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan 26-Nov-15 16:18pm

That is where IoT comes in and you write a web service which is able to
- Handle your IMAP servers to find out when a new email arrives.
- Trigger another service to load the email and see if an attachment is available.
- In case an attachment is available, a new service (actually a child service) is triggered to download and transmit over FTP protocol.

Now, make up your mind and chose a language. This decisions is going to cost you. If you chose C#, head over to MSDN and find the networking APIs.

If you select C, may Google be with you. :-)

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2015-11-26T17:39:00

One of the available open-source libraries which does it all is OpenPop.NET: http://sourceforge.net/projects/hpop[^].

Don't be confused: it may seem that the library is about POP3 protocol, this is not so. Yes, client-side POP3 protocol implementation is available, but this is not the most important part of it. The project can be used as a detailed references on all kinds of standards/RFCs on MIME types, formats, everything which is needed for comprehensive parsing of an e-mail message.

—SA