Cynthia, Here are some procmail docs:
http://sunsite.utk.edu/UNIX-help/email/procmail.html Having used this before, I will tell you that it is not the easiest thing in the world to debug and write for. Procmail lets you pipe raw email data into a different process, but you still need to use a program that can successfully parse the email, attachments, headers and lots of other weird email spec goodness. You definitely *don't* need Google App Engine, but if I am reading your requirements right, you can get away with using the incoming email API: http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/mail/receivingmail.html And making a call to the spreadsheets API: http://code.google.com/apis/spreadsheets/ I'd start by trying to get incoming email working. The nice thing about using GAE's incoming mail API is that it makes processing email SUPER easy. The downside is that you don't get a ton of choices about what addresses you can use (your-app...@appspotmail.com and others). -- Ikai Lan Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine plus.ikailan.com | twitter.com/ikai On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 9:10 AM, Cynthia <cynt...@tiptail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the replies. Maybe I can do this another way. I'm reading > up on Procmail, maybe that's what I need. > Cynthia > > On Dec 1, 2:15 pm, "Brandon Wirtz" <drak...@digerat.com> wrote: > > Unless there is a reason for the form to send an email, you would be > better > > to put the forms "target" on appengine and convert the post data to a > > database. Java or python can do this relatively easily, if you don't > speak > > either now however I don't know as this is a super easy first task. > > > > The DataStorage is easy, but making a spreadsheet out of the data (if you > > want it to be editable) is not going to be simple. > > > > Personally if I were doing the project you describe I would Check out PHP > > Form Maker (Pro?) or one of the other form maker software suites > depending > > on what you or your Sys admin/web host determines would be easiest in > your > > web configuration. > > > > Not that I want to dissuade you from GAE, just don't think that the > learning > > curve for the task is well balanced. > > > > -Brandon > > > > Brandon Wirtz > > BlackWaterOps: President / Lead Mercenary > > > > Work: 510-992-6548 > > Toll Free: 866-400-4536 > > IM: drak...@gmail.com (Google Talk) > > Skype: drakegreene > > BlackWater Ops > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: google-appengine@googlegroups.com > > > > [mailto:google-appengine@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cynthia > > Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 9:03 AM > > To: Google App Engine > > Subject: [google-appengine] Email Parser > > > > I'm brand new to Google App Engine and I'm not really sure I can get > > something that will do what I want. Or maybe I need to go elsewhere. I > am a > > programmer by trade but I am still a beginner in many areas. > > > > I am looking for a way to receive emails and parse out certain > information, > > then save the info to a DB or a Spreadsheet. A Google Docs Spreadsheet > > would be fine, if that's possible. > > > > Would Google App Engine be able to do this? Which language would be best? > > Maybe something like this already exists that I could use? > > > > It's for a club membership list. People sign up with an HTML form, and > the > > form emails the information to an email address. I want to pluck the data > > out of the email and have it save automatically. > > > > Thanks, > > Cynthia > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Google App Engine" group. > > To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
