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Asked: 2026-06-15T18:02:48+00:00

Possible Duplicate: email checking and then act upon script for reacting to a sms

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email checking and then act upon script for reacting to a sms message

Suppose that I have two functions called recieve_email() and send_sms().

The problem is that I should send SMS as soon as a new email arrives.

As I have researched, there are these 2 solutions:

  • Checking emails using a cron job
  • Checking emails using a web page that is always open using javascript (like gmail)

I think that the more stable way is the cron job.

I want to know is that aceptable to run a cron job EVERY SINGLE MINUTE? Or does it kill the server and bounce my site away?!

What about running the cron job every two minutes?! 😀

Question 2:

Is there an on_mail_recieved like solution? It will be of course faster and optimum.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I want to know is that aceptable to run a cron job EVERY SINGLE MINUTE? Or does it kill the server and bounce my site away?!

    Generally, that’s fine. If there’s a chance the job will take longer than a minute you should generally implement a lock file or semaphore to prevent it from running multiple instances at the same time.

    Is there an on_mail_recieved like solution? It will be of course faster and optimum.

    Yes, you can pipe e-mails through to a script. This requires you to run a mail server and can be a little involved technically.

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