You can do this with IMAP. I think you just use the "LIST" command after connecting. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jay Kline [mailto:list at slushpupie.com] > Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 9:30 AM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: [TCLUG] Bulk Mail Parse > > > At the company I work for, we have a "trap all" email > account, which collects most every piece of mail sent here. > On an average day, it recieves 15 to 20 thousand emails a > day, and is stored in a standard POP account. Because a large > number of these messages are server generated, all that is > important is the sender email address and the subject line > (for most anyway) Is there some way I can automate a process > that goes through these emails, and creates a text file > containing the email address and the subject line, without > having to download the whole message? (in other words, one > text file on my machine that would get very large very > quickly- one line per email/subject) Some filtering > capibilities would be nice, but not required. I can do that > later with grep if need be. > > Any help or advice would be great. > > Jay > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. > Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-> linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >