FAQ: Record Creation Via Incoming Email

From Dwayne Wright - Certified FileMaker 9 Developer
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QUESTION:
Is it possible to automatic create an order from a email? I’m looking for an easy way to get orders from my php/sql based website into filemaker. Maybe you have some other ideas on this.

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ANSWER:
Yes, it is possible. What normally happens is we use a plug-in to bring the email directly into FileMaker or some way to directly get the email in. After that, we run a FileMaker script to parse the data in the field and create all the order information based upon the email. The email will need to be consistent in nature or its possible the parsing routine might hiccup.
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