Hello Andrew!

Wed Feb 24 2010, Andrew Leary wrote to Vince Coen:

 VC>> With files it's very easy but for mail that is more tricky ..
 VC>> but not impossible:
 VC>> So, what is run when mail arrives?
 VC>> Yep, it is mbfido eg, 'mbfido to' so:
 VC>> 1.  Rename mbfido (in /opt/mbse/bin) to say exmbfido
 VC>> 2.  Create a script say mbfido with 'x' set on, and store it in
 VC>> /opt/mbse/bin
 VC>>     This should do whatever you need but also calls mbfido with the
 VC>> appropriate
 VC>>     options. How you ask? You will need to evaluate why mbfido is
 VC>> called within
 VC>>     the script and the easiest way is by capturing the command string
 VC>> to it and
 VC>>     saving all arguments (other than the first (which is mbfido) into
 VC>> a
 VC>>     variable say $FIDO-ARGS having stripped out arg0.

 VC>>     Then when ready to run mbfido call /opt/mbse/bin/exmbfido
 VC>> $FIDO-ARGS then
 VC>>     exit

 AL>Why not just create a script file that does whatever processing you 
 AL>need, and 
 AL>then calls /opt/mbse/bin/mbfido tic toss web -quiet.  Make sure you 
 AL>flag the 
 AL>script as executable, and then change the Mailin command in MBSETUP 
 AL>(18.2) to 
 AL>the name of your script.

 AL>This way you don't have to screw around with renamed binaries, etc.

It coudl be in a other index line as mailin call mbse auto tos for mbfido,
liek change index 3 to gamein and call script gamein.

  Take care,
            Gert

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