[Data-Mongers] Extracting email attachments (from Iridium SMS)

[Michael Eder]

We are using an Iridium SMS and need to extract the attachment (message) from the email that will come into a dedicated WHOI email account.  Anyone done this before and have the software to do it?

Thanks

Michael Eder

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Cunningham [mailto:eric at whoi.edu] 
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 4:00 PM
To: Michael Eder
Subject: Extracting email attachments

Hi Mike, thanks for your voice mail.  A lot of folks around here at one time or another have saved email attachments containing data for later processing, usually via a perl script.  The process includes connecting to the mail server, logging in as the user, retrieving the email and parsing data therein.  I haven't done this myself but I know it's been done frequently.  You might want to start by posting an email to data-mongers at whoi.edu.  This is a mailing list of 50-60 Woods Hole folks (mostly WHOI, some local USGS & NOAA),  who've done this sort of thing or are interested in doing it.  I'd be surprised if someone didn't have a script they'd be willing to send you to get you started.  Or if you prefer, I can try to put you in touch with someone here in CIS who may be able to set up something for you as a programming job.