Question

Is it possible to send an email which launches a predetermined command on a host machine? I wrote a script that sends an email every time some task finishes and it would be really great if I could send an email back that would launch something else. I am using Ubuntu 12.04.

Answer 1

Its not easy but nothing is impossible

Here is an example structure for linux

1. Use alpine to read your mail see here
2. Use alpine’s notification to run your sendmail script see here