email@Scanner is a tool designed to scan messages from either an email server (POP), email files or one of several Macintosh email clients, selecting only those that satisfy given criteria.

Data may then be extracted from anywhere within the selected email and may be further refined via the use of data filters and/or user-defined scripts. The resulting data may then be used to read or update a FileMaker or any ODBC compliant database.

Finally, an optional 'notification' email may be constructed from a template message merged with data from the email and/or the associated database record and sent immediately or queued for later transmission.

The actions to be undertaken are controlled by scanning definitions. A scanning definition consists of a series of settings that together describe how email messages are selected, how and from where the data is extracted, how the data is used to maintain a database and finally, whether or not a notification email is to be sent, and if so how it is to be constructed.

When one or more scanning definitions have been created and tested they may then be processed. Processing a definition involves using the settings contained in the definition to direct the scanning of email messages, the extraction of data and the updating of the database and the possible transmission of notification email.

A processing run may consist of the execution of one or more definitions, may be scheduled for immediate or future execution and may be run once or repeatedly at regular intervals.

Here are some key features of "email@Scanner":

· read email direct from your email server or ...
· read email indirectly from your email client application or ...
· read email directly from email files on your hard drive.
· extract data from anywhere within the email header or body
· handles non-Roman character sets (Unicode aware)
· handle email file attachments
· manipulate extracted data via user defined scripts
· write new records containing the extracted data to a database or ...
· update existing records in a database with the extracted data or ...
· delete existing records from a database identified by the extracted data
· talk directly to FileMaker Pro versions 6, 7 and 8 or ...
· talk to any ODBC database
· dispatch notification email containing data from the email or the database
· attach files to outgoing email
· be scheduled for immediate or delay processing
· be scheuled for a single or repeated execution

Limitations:

· 30 launches only