Hmmmm...
Thanks for your suggestion, but I guess I forgot to mention two things. One, I am not running a POP mail server. Two, the email address that is being used does not have a mailbox... its only a pointer to the mail filter script.
I do not want to store any incoming emails. Just strip the information I need, perform any needed functions on the information, then send a response to the sender and trash the original email. Also, this needs to be performed as soon as the email is received.
Thanks again for your suggestion...