>>>>Hi friends,
>>>>
>>>>I have an application that needs to know when a new e-mail message has arrived to a certain e-mail account and automatically download the attached files. I already know how to download attached files from an e-mail message, but I really need to download those attached files as soon as the e-mail message has arrived to the e-mail server. Can anybody help me on this?
>>>>
>>>>TIA
>>>>
>>>>Luis
>>>
>>>Luis,
>>>With a linux email server (account and pwd) you could check mail slot via ftp. I was reading my emails via ftp get when I had a Linux server. Now I don't remember the file(s) created there. Probably checking update times would do for you.
>>>Cetin
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>>Hola Cetin,
>>
>>From the answers I've been given I guess I have to create a little app that uses a timer which from time to time verifies if new e-mail has arrived to that account. Is there somewhere I can learn from to do that?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Luis
>
>I don't know a particular place. Just ftp and see what you get. As I remember file count/last update time of folder were changing with each new arrival/download.
>Cetin


Thank you Cetin, now I have a "path" to follow.

Luis