How to run a command after receiving a mail with exim4?

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Published on 2009-12-27T22:37:45Z Indexed on 2010/03/08 4:51 UTC
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Where can I tell exim to run a shell/php command everytime a new mail has been delivered to a virtual mailbox. It does not matter to which user the mail is delivered?

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