Import data from an email
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- Subject: [mg107585] Import data from an email
- From: Garapata <warsaw95826 at mypacks.net>
- Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:16:54 -0500 (EST)
I use Apple's Mail program. I get sent emails that have test
specifications, which I currently enter into a Mathematica notebook
manually, I then run the specs against data collected in the field.
The emails have a specific subject line:
"Test specification ..."
The spec in the body of the email looks something like this:
data indexes = {1, 3 , 6 , 7, ..., 24 }
years to evaluate = 5
startMonth = {1}
startYear = {2007}
...
submitter email = user at someprovider.com
Time Stamp = {2010, 02, 16, 14, 37, 22} (* DateList format*)
I would like you automate the reading or importing of these specs into
Mathematica.
So,
1. Can I identify the an email has arrived with the identifying
subject line?
2. Can I use Import[] or Read[] or something to get the body of the
email into a notebook?
3. How?
Anything that can point me in the right direction will help.
Thanks.