Maybe this is a bit much, but I'll ask anyway.

I would like suggestions.

Here is what I am trying to do:

I would like to have an application that reads e-mail as it comes in (from an MS Exchange Server), converts the subject and the body of the text to be placed in a template (used by another program for helpdesk tickets), then sends the mail via SMTP to another mail account.

The application needs to run in the background as a service, and has to log on as a service to the machine that it will be run on (That way the default Exchange profile can be used.)

Here's what I've found to be useful so far:

win32::MAPI

win32::API

Net::Telnet (Instead of Net::SMTP, I don't know why, just did)

I think the real issue will be the running as a service user for the exchange profile so that the Win32::MAPI module works properly.

Any ideas/suggestions? :-)

-Josh

In reply to MAPI & Windows 2000 Service Daemon by JNudell

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