ActUponMail


Description:
ActUponMail responds to emails you send to your inbox. Forgot to bring a file
with you to the office? Retrieve any file from your computer at home by just
sending an email to your inbox. ActUponMail finds the message, analyzes it
and returns an email with the file you wanted attached to it.

 

Functionality:
ActUponMail can do the following for you:
- help you retrieve a file you forgot from the PC it runs on
- start a program on your computer at home
- send a tree from any directory on your computer


Safety:
ActUponMail runs at an interval that you can set anywhere from 1 to 60 minutes. Only
emails that follow certain conditions are responded to. To be more safe, you can
set a list of email address that ActUponMail is allowed to respond to. This way, only
you have access to your files/computer. All activity is logged in the 'System messages'
part of ActUponMail.

ActUponMail is Windows sofware, Mac users look here

 

Settings for ActUponMail:
SMTP Server This is the server you use for sending email. If you don't know what to use, you can find this in the option from you email client (Outlook, Thunderbird, etc) or at your ISP's website
POP3 Server This is the server where you retrieve your email from. Again, see your email client or ISP website for more information
POP3 User Username that you use to log in into your POP3 server
POP3 Password Password that you use to log in into your POP3 server
Delete mail Default this option is enabled. After ActUponMail has handled an email, it deletes it from the POP3 server. If you disable this setting, ActUponMail will handle a received email every few minutes
Check every [x] minutes With this option you can set at which interval (1-60 minutes) ActUponMail should check for new email
Email addresses allowed In this field you can enter one or more email addresses (seperated by a comma) to which ActUponMail is allowed to respond to


How to use ActUponMail:
ActUponMail is easy to use. You can send 'commands' to ActUponMail by sending an email to the email that you setup in the program. Commands that
are recognized by ActUponMail are predefined. Below is a list of the commands and a description of what they make ActUponMail do. You put the comment in the subject line of the email. Some comments accept parameters, a command and parameter(s) are seperated by a '|' character.

help or help| By sending and email with subject 'help' or 'help|', ActUponMail returns an email to the address it came from with help about how to use this software
interval|<minutes> remotely change the interval ActUponMail checks arrival of new email (1-60 minutes), ie. interval|10
run|<file>[|<parameters] starts a program with optianal parameter, ie. run|notepad or run|notepad.exe|c:\temp\file.txt
get|<file> returns an email with <file> attached to it, ie. get|c:\autoexec.bat
tree|<directory> returns an email with directory tree of <directory>, ie. tree|C:\My Documents"
snapshot|[hide] returns an email with a snapshot of the screen where ActUponMail is running on. With the optional parameter 'hide', ActUponMail will hide itself, create a snapshot and unhide itself.


Download:
ActUponMail is downloadable as a Zip-file. Extract the contents of the Zip to any location you want, for example to the Desktop, and start it by double clicking
on it. Once you have done the settings (needed only once, except for password).


License:
ActUponMail is freeware, you can distribute this version as much as you want and use it on as many computers as you want. However, every 30 minutes it will show
a clickable PayPal donation button. By sending a donation you help me pay for my ISP and Hosting bills and keep me motivated to continue with projects like ActUponMail.
People who send a donation will receive a version without the donation button showing up.

 

Contact:
If you want to contact me, please send an email to info [at] actuponmail [dot] com. I will reply as soon as possible. Suggestions for improving the software are appreciated.