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

[A J Stiles]

On Thursday 20 September 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.

What you need is procmail.  This allows you to trigger a script when an e-mail 
comes in.  It's probably already installed so, as a starter, try

$ man procmail

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AJS

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