Suggestions?

[James Shaker]

Hello All,

I would like to use "you all" as a sounding board for a project I am
working on, if that is ok?

We have developed a machine that will be deployed in a few thousand
locations around the US, Puerto Rico, and Bahamas.  This product will be
connected to a phone line and will call a linux server that we set up as
a PPP dial in server.  Once connected, the product will send a small
email detailing production amounts and status information.  The machine
will also receive an email, if any, for parameter changes, etc.  This
all works well.

Once the server receives the email I want to parse that information and
put it into MySql.  The status of these machines can be viewed via the
web using apache and PHP4.  

What I would like some advice on, what is the better method of parsing
the email and putting it into MySql?

Its not that I don't have many options... I have too many.

Procmail -> awk/sed -> PHP4 script -> MySql

Perl -> MySql

And many other combination of tools.  I am leaning towards a Perl ->
MySql solution for the simplicity; however, I want to know if anyone
else has something that might be better. Perhaps Python?  

Thank "you all" for your time,

James
james@vartek-corp.com