>I would like to set up a service to distribute info on demand via email. I've seen references to the type of functionality I'm after, but haven't got info on how to set it up. I'd like users to be able to send a message to info@node with the topic in the body. The responder would then grab the doc file, run a script to generate the info or whatever else was needed and reply via email.
>Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
We use one developed at Oregon State University called "almanac". It
provides a great deal of functionality and is well written. Last summer
it was available from "oes.orst.edu" in "/pub/almanac-1.5.tar.Z". I'm