How to Enable Email Piping in cPanel

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What is Email Piping

Process emails: Forward incoming emails to PHP script for ticketing, etc.

Create Email Forwarder

cPanel → Email → Forwarders → Add forwarder to pipe to program.

Pipe Command Example

/home/username/public_html/support/pipe.php

Script Requirements

Basic PHP Pipe Script

<?php
$fd = fopen("php://stdin", "r");
$email = "";
while (!feof($fd)) {
    $email .= fread($fd, 1024);
}
fclose($fd);
// Process $email content here
?>

Use Cases Table

Use Case	Example
Support tickets	support@ → create ticket
Comment by email	WordPress post by email
Form processing	Auto-reply + DB entry

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