Getting response by email reply message

Denis McMahon denismfmcmahon at gmail.com
Mon Nov 9 17:14:54 EST 2015


On Mon, 09 Nov 2015 13:53:24 -0800, zljubisic wrote:

>> You have a couple options that occur to me:
>> 
>> 1) set up an SMTP server somewhere (or use the existing one you're
>> receiving this email at in the event you're getting it as mail rather
>> than reading it via NNTP or a web interface) to receive the mail, then
>> create a Python script to poll that inbox (usually POP3 or IMAP) for
>> messages addressed.  The mails can be extracted, parsed, and deleted
> 
> Why should I setup the SMTP server? If my email is on gmail server, I
> can read the messages from there from time to time.

Read more carefully!

The earlier poster suggested options that would work if you set up your 
own server, or already had one.

You can poll your gmail server using pop3 as the earlier reply suggested.

You may need to configure some options in your gmail account to allow 
pop3 access.

-- 
Denis McMahon, denismfmcmahon at gmail.com



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