Re: Can Perl read the body of an email to determine where to forward that email?

Can it see the body of the email? Yes.
Can it look for keywords in a string of text? Yes.
Can it do some email-sending of its own? Yes.

That's easy. But...

Judy, I know you said you didn't want to spend yet another
Thanksgiving with mom's family, so I told them that you were
studying for finals.  Wish I had that excuse.  Uncle Jack
will bore us all with his boring slideshows again.
Tell me how Vegas is later!
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Re^2: Can Perl read the body of an email to determine where to forward that email? by merefolk (Initiate) on Dec 17, 2007 at 18:38 UTC
But....? What? :) That is the jist of it from your example. The only thing I might change is when the person is sending the email to family@family.com , they would put mom's family in the first line.	[reply]
Re^3: Can Perl read the body of an email to determine where to forward that email? by okram (Monk) on Dec 17, 2007 at 18:46 UTC
He just pointed out a case in which you might want to think twice before forwarding that to the other family.. They might not take it as lightly as you ;)	[reply]
Re^4: Can Perl read the body of an email to determine where to forward that email? by merefolk (Initiate) on Dec 17, 2007 at 19:39 UTC
Ahhh OK LOL This was just an example I was using to explain how I want it to work. There wont be any negative comments from the incoming emails.	[reply]
Re^5: Can Perl read the body of an email to determine where to forward that email? by ww (Archbishop) on Dec 17, 2007 at 20:45 UTC