Felix, Thanks for the reply. That's a good point about the potential security hole. Ironically, it would be good news if my ISP doesn't permit it.
Here's my task in a nutshell: I've been processing the entirety of an email folder using a program called HyperMail, which converts individual messages to individual HTML files. Since the folder grows by anywhere between one and six messages per day, it takes progressively longer to process. I was hoping to use puppet to listen for new mail and to process it on the fly. The gory details of my project can be found here<http://puppetandpoetry.blogspot.com/>. I've barely gotten started, so I'm certainly open to other approaches. Regards, Paul On Tuesday, June 26, 2012 3:59:20 AM UTC-4, Felix.Frank wrote: > > Hi, > > On 06/26/2012 12:30 AM, Paul Mena wrote: > > I think the answer is yes, but is it possible for Puppet to subscribe to > > an email folder on a remote server? My plan is to perform an action > > whenever the mailbox receives a new email message. > > I suppose you can cobble something up using an > > exec { "fetchmail ...": notify => ... } > > so yes, it's likely possible. I disbelieve that there is a puppet > feature that supports it more directly, though. > > I'd like to go on record saying that, without having learned more > details, I get the impression that you're about to open up a security > hole. Please consider using tools that lend themselves better to the > job, such as MCollective. > > HTH, > Felix > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/L8BBk9FKu8IJ. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
