I am looking to create an incoming email daemon switchboard that I can integrate with various remote php/mysql apps. Ideally I want to check the ‘to’ address to see if it is in a mysql database and if it is, have the email parsed and posted via CURL to a target destination as well as have attachments saved somewhere locally.
I will likely set up a rackspace cloud server dedicated to this task (just accepting emails and posting to 3rd party APIs). However, I do not know where to start. Which server platform / distribution should I go with? Which software needs to be customized, etc?
Update: I am not looking for a full solution or tutorial, I just would like some advice on a good starting point as Linux software is not my forte.
you can use procmail to fire up your application as soon as mail has been received
google for procmail recipes