# Processing Incoming Email With Rails **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [April 22, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/processing-incoming-email-with-rails/166192 "2009-04-22T17:42:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Geekyra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/a5b964/32.png) [@Geekyra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Geekyra)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/processing-incoming-email-with-rails/166192/1 "2009-04-22T17:42:14Z")
Hello Which is the best way to process incoming email with Rails ? I’m already googling it and found some link to do it but there are pro and cons bout it, so which way is the best ? Thanx ---
**Author:** ![Geekyra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/a5b964/32.png) [@Geekyra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Geekyra)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2009, 5:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/processing-incoming-email-with-rails/166192/2 "2009-04-23T05:17:15Z")
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Emanuele T. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > Which is the best way to process incoming email with Rails ? > > Checkout [GitHub - look/fetcher: download email from POP3 or IMAP and do stuff with it.](http://github.com/look/fetcher/) Andrew T. [http://ramblingsonrails.com](http://ramblingsonrails.com) [http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewtimberlake](http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewtimberlake) “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education” - Mark Twain ---
**Author:** ![Geekyra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/a5b964/32.png) [@Geekyra](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Geekyra)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/processing-incoming-email-with-rails/166192/3 "2009-04-22T19:35:52Z")
Hi, a good approach is to have rails go check a POP/IMAP mailbox and parse the emails. I would attach some code, but it’s in the other HD! 🙂