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Just got a request from my boss for an application I’m working on. Basically we’re getting an email address setup for an external client to submit excel files to.
What I need is a way to automatically pick up any email sent to this address, so I can take the attachment, process it and save it to a folder.
Any information of even where to start would be helpful.\
Note: We’re using a lotus notes server to do this, but a generic way would be more helpful (If possible).
Email -> mailserver ->[something] -> file-on-disk.
File on disk is pretty easy to parse, use JavaMail.
The [something] could be: