Right, I have control over the server and that's about it. It's got to be a server based solution. Brian On 09/06/2013 01:41 PM, Dazed_75 wrote: > Unless I mis-understood the post, Brian is not involved in the > processing of any post. He is asking how to service this clients need > who does not want to learn anything new. This was a suggestion about a > way Brian could work his magic for the client's systems so the client > gets what he needs without himself doing anything. > > > On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Matt Graham > wrote: > > On 2013-09-06 12:06, Dazed_75 wrote: > > Maybe the solution is there so the images are smaller to begin with. > For example, if they are from a digital camera, ask to see it and > > change the storage resolution. Or maybe in the way they move the > images to the computer they could use a script that does the resize > as part of moving the image to computer storage. Then the guy > doing the emails has no change to how he works. Or how about > setting up a cron job that resizes the photos before he uses them? > > > This may be possible. There are some details missing, though. How > does this message get to Brian in the first place? Does it show up > over SMTP? If so, the solution will probably involve something like > having the MTA look for a particular sender, then pass that message > off to an external filter script. The filter script would then have > to split the message up into body and attachments, then base64 > decode those attachments into a temp directory, then do a convert > command like the one Joe posted earlier on all of those attachments, > then stitch the message back together, then pass it back to the MTA, > then clean up. > > I don't know of anything pre-built that'll do all that off the top > of my head. There's always the wonderful "import email" part of > python, if python is an option, and there are also mail-parsing Perl > modules. > > -- > Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress > There is no Darkness in Eternity > But only Light too dim for us to see. > > ------------------------------__--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.__org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/__mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > -- > Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry > > Please protect my address like I protect yours. When sending messages to > multiple recipients, use the BCC: (Blind carbon copy). Remove addresses > from a forwarded message body before clicking Send. > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss