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Asked: 2026-05-12T21:51:12+00:00

This is a newbie question… I want to create a service which responds to

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This is a newbie question… I want to create a service which responds to emails sent to it.

Just to illustrate. If a user sends an email to handlethis@example.com with some instructions, I want a program at example.com (which is a domain I own) to read the email and act accordingly.

I strongly doubt I can do this with standard web hosts (which are shared), so I welcome suggestions on where I can host something like this (at the cheapest rate).

What will the “program” be written in? Can I use php, etc or is it some specific “email-handling” language!?

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  1. Editorial Team

    FWIW, I think this question should be posed on serverfault.com rather than here.

    I confirm this is something most shared hostings can’t do: You need to be able to create a scheduled task/cron job which checks your e-mail account every x minutes.

    You might consider a virtual server hosting. A bit more pricey but much more flexible.

    The script would be written in php on Linux or in VBS/JScript/.NET on Windows. I’ve written such a script in JScript on Windows, using a component that implements POP3.

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