[asterisk-users] accept email and make phone call?

[Matt Riddell]

On 20/09/2012, at 4:07 PM, Steve Edwards <asterisk.org at sedwards.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Sep 2012, Joseph Acquisto wrote:
> 
>> Any ideas on how asterisk could accept an email (such as an email to SMS or "number at mybox.org" sort of thing) and make a phone call to a specific number and make an announcement?
>> 
>> I imagine the first part is the big question.
> 
> procmail could be a useful tool to trigger a script to create an Asterisk call file.


You can also use /etc/aliases to run a script when mail is received in an account.

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Matt Riddell
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